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A map detailing the plan for York Harbour from 1793. On the map, Fort York is labelled as C, whereas the settlement of York was labelled as D. In 1791, Upper Canada was established, with Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) its first capital. The first Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe arrived in 1792 and first visited the Toronto Purchase site in ...
Area code. 709. Highways. Route 450. York Harbour is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Post Office was established in 1960. The first Postmistress was Mrs. Stella Wheeler. The population was 372 in 2021. [1]
Fort York. / 43.63889°N 79.40361°W / 43.63889; -79.40361. Fort York ( French: Fort-York) is an early 19th-century military fortification in the Fort York neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The fort was used to house members of the British and Canadian militaries, and to defend the entrance of the Toronto Harbour.
Coordinates: 49.092°N 58.363°W. Overlooking the Bay of Islands. Blow Me Down Provincial Park is a smaller Provincial Park on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland. The park is located on Route 450, about 60 km (37 mi) west of Corner Brook and the Trans-Canada Highway, on a small peninsula between Lark Harbour and York Harbour at the ...
The Hudson River is a 315-mile (507 km) river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York at Henderson Lake in the town of Newcomb, and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between New York City and Jersey City, eventually draining into the Atlantic Ocean at Upper New ...
The Battle of York was a War of 1812 battle fought in York, Upper Canada (today's Toronto, Ontario, Canada) on April 27, 1813.An American force, supported by a naval flotilla, landed on the western lakeshore and captured the provincial capital after defeating an outnumbered force of regulars, militia and Ojibwe natives under the command of Major General Roger Hale Sheaffe, the Lieutenant ...
Toronto Harbour. / 43.63444°N 79.37083°W / 43.63444; -79.37083. Toronto Harbour or Toronto Bay is a natural bay on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Today, the harbour is used primarily for recreational boating, including personal vessels and pleasure boats providing scenic or party cruises.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 11:59, 18 December 2015: 7,200 × 5,424 (3.51 MB): Geo Swan {{Information |Description=Plan of the town and harbour of York *{{original caption|Title: Plan of the town and harbour of York <p>Author: Williams, George <p>Year: 1814 <p>Location: University of Toronto Libraries <p>Call Number: G3524.T61 1814a}} |...