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The Simcoe Legacy: The Life and Times of Yonge Street
by The OHS
A collection of the papers from the seminar which explored the legacy of John Graves Simcoe, Upper Canada’s first Lieutenant Governor, and his search for a route to Canada’s interior that led to the building of the longest street in the world.
FORMAT: Digital Download (PDF – scanned from original)
PUBLISHER: The Ontario Historical Society
YEAR: 1996
ISBN: 0919352251
PAGES: 54 (Note: Any blank pages have been deliberately omitted.)
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Foreward – Wyn Millar
Introduction – Linda Kelly
The Mississauga and the Building of Yonge Street, 1794-1796 – Donald B. Smith
William Berczy’s Settler Axemen – Lorne R. Smith
The Yonge Street Rebellion – Carl Benn
From Horses to Stage Coaches, Street Cars, Jitneys, and Subways: Two Hundred Years of Transportation on the Longest Street in the World – R.B. Fleming
The Road is Open! Travel, Tollgates, and Hotels on Yonge Street – Jeanne Hopkins
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