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1804, The Neighbourhood 200 Years Ago

July 7th, 2020Gary Schlee0 Comments

Leonard Marsh and Mary Kendrick, Marriage Bonds 1803-1806 (RG 5, B 9, Vol. 13), Public Archives Canada. Attempting to describe what most Bedford Park area properties looked like exactly 200 years ago isn’t too difficult.…

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Celebrating 2020 Graduates

July 2nd, 2020News Editor0 Comments

Photos by Jess Hungate & John Mills. In the midst of a pandemic, when all schools (and much of everything) was closed, lawn signs popped up all over the neighbourhood marking where graduates lived. BPRO…

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1800, Seneca Ketchum, the Neighbourhood’s First Merchant

June 19th, 2020Gary Schlee0 Comments

Illustration of Seneca Ketchum’s younger brother, Jesse Ketchum, 1782 – 1867. Reproduced courtesy of the Toronto Public Library Digital Archives. When Seneca Ketchum arrived in the village of York in 1796, he really wasn’t in…

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2019/2020 Volunteers

June 13th, 2020Gary Schlee0 Comments

 A great big thank you to everyone who has volunteered with us this 2019/20 year. We had a great group of people who have taken on so many tasks:  from way back when at the…

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Avenue Road & Lawrence

June 11th, 2020News Editor0 Comments

Looking northeast to the First Capital development. Image courtesy of First Capital. BACKGROUND In December and January we reported on the development at the corner of Avenue Road and Lawrence, and our initial meetings with…

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1799, First Business Short-lived

May 9th, 2020Gary Schlee0 Comments

John Kendrick House in York, Bloor Street West between Avenue Road and Bedford Road. 1897 photo reproduced courtesy of Toronto Public Library Digital Archives. On December 7, 1799, Duke William Kendrick formally announced the launch…

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1796, The Water Dogs

April 18th, 2020Gary Schlee0 Comments

Castle Frank home of Governor Simcoe, built by the Kendrick Brothers, 1795 photo reproduced courtesy of Ontario Digital Archives. The rush was on. The Government of Upper Canada was giving away 200-acre lots flanking Yonge…

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1794, The Road From Nowhere to Nowhere

March 13th, 2020Gary Schlee0 Comments

This illustration, by CW Jeffreys, shows the Queens’s Rangers under Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe, cutting out the original Yonge Street, ca. 1795. Library & Archives Canada, C-073665. Augustus Jones, the deputy surveyor of Upper Canada,…

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1793, A Forgotten Trail Inspires Ontario’s Main Street

February 15th, 2020Gary Schlee0 Comments

This John Graves Simcoe portrait was painted by Jean Laurent Mosnier and is reproduced courtesy of the Toronto Public Library’s Digital Archive. On October 13, 1793, North Toronto was an endless maze of beech and…

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Avenue Road & Lawrence

January 16th, 2020News Editor0 Comments

A drawing, courtesy of First Capital, of the northeast corner of Avenue Road and Lawrence.  The pink area shows all the land now owned by First Capital.  The site includes all properties from the new…

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