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Manitou Road

In the first half of the 20th century, Manitou Road was the main commercial street of Centre Island. Originally known as Middle Road, it became an increasingly important thoroughfare with the...

In the first half of the 20th century, Manitou Road was the main commercial street of Centre Island. Originally known as Middle Road, it became an increasingly important thoroughfare with...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Michie's Grocers

At this address, Michie's Grocers first opened its doors in 1835, starting a city institution that was to serve faithfully Torontonians for over a century. Michie's carried an inventory that...

At this address, Michie's Grocers first opened its doors in 1835, starting a city institution that was to serve faithfully Torontonians for over a century. Michie's carried an inventory...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Moulton College

Near this site in Senator William McMaster's former residence, Moulton Ladies' College was opened in 1888. A year earlier the bequest of McMaster's fortune to Baptist higher education had led to...

Near this site in Senator William McMaster's former residence, Moulton Ladies' College was opened in 1888. A year earlier the bequest of McMaster's fortune to Baptist higher education had led to...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Loew's Yonge Street and Winter Garden Theatres

Designed by architect Thomas Lamb for entrepreneur Marcus Loew as the Canadian flagship of his American theatre chain, these double-decker theatres opened in 1913-14. The 2,149-seat lower theatre...

Designed by architect Thomas Lamb for entrepreneur Marcus Loew as the Canadian flagship of his American theatre chain, these double-decker theatres opened in 1913-14. The 2,149-seat lower theatre...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Lionel Conacher 1900-1954

Reputedly the greatest all-round athlete Canada has ever produced, Conacher was born near here. As a child he was seized by the desire to excel in sports and, taking up football, lacrosse,...

Reputedly the greatest all-round athlete Canada has ever produced, Conacher was born near here. As a child he was seized by the desire to excel in sports and, taking up football,...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Leafs Kings 1993

Really, it couldn't have been better scripted - except for the ending. On May 29, 1993, the Toronto Maple Leafs were just one win away from a trip to the Stanley Cup finals, where they had not...

Really, it couldn't have been better scripted - except for the ending. On May 29, 1993, the Toronto Maple Leafs were just one win away from a trip to the Stanley Cup finals, where they had...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

The Lost Village of Milton Mills

Linking Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe and the upper Great Lakes, the Humber River has been vital to human habitation for thousands of years. Artifacts from a 16th-century First Nations community, as...

Linking Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe and the upper Great Lakes, the Humber River has been vital to human habitation for thousands of years. Artifacts from a 16th-century First Nations community,...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Leaside

On this site stood "Leaside", an octagonal brick farmhouse built in 1851-54 by William Lea (1814-93), a York County councillor and magistrate, amateur poet and nature lover. In 1873, it housed the...

On this site stood "Leaside", an octagonal brick farmhouse built in 1851-54 by William Lea (1814-93), a York County councillor and magistrate, amateur poet and nature lover. In 1873, it housed the...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Little Norway

9 April 1940 Norway was attacked by overwhelming forces. King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the government left Tromso 7 June for Great Britain in order to continue the fight for freedom in...

9 April 1940 Norway was attacked by overwhelming forces. King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the government left Tromso 7 June for Great Britain in order to continue the fight for freedom in...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Lionel Pretoria Conacher (1900-1954)

Lionel Conacher, the 'Big Train', was voted Canada's All-Round Male Athlete of the Half-Century in 1950. He excelled at six professional sports. Particularly gifted in football and lacrosse, he...

Lionel Conacher, the 'Big Train', was voted Canada's All-Round Male Athlete of the Half- Century in 1950. He excelled at six professional sports. Particularly gifted in football and lacrosse, he...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Little Trinity Church

Founded in 1842, this is the oldest surviving church in the city of Toronto. Under the patronage of the Right Reverend John Strachan, first Anglican Bishop of Toronto, funds were raised to start...

Founded in 1842, this is the oldest surviving church in the city of Toronto. Under the patronage of the Right Reverend John Strachan, first Anglican Bishop of Toronto, funds were raised to start...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Near here, on Riverside Drive, in the house she called "Journey's End," L.M Montgomery, O.B.E., author of "Anne of Green Gables," lived from 1935 until her death in 1942. She was born in Prince...

Near here, on Riverside Drive, in the house she called "Journey's End," L.M Montgomery, O.B.E., author of "Anne of Green Gables," lived from 1935 until her death in 1942. She was born in...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Local Rail and Infrastructure Heritage

George Cooper donated land for Davenport Station, located at Davenport Road on Station Street (now, Caledonia Park Road) for Ontario's first railway, Ontario, Simcoe & Huron. The first passenger...

George Cooper donated land for Davenport Station, located at Davenport Road on Station Street (now, Caledonia Park Road) for Ontario's first railway, Ontario, Simcoe & Huron. The first passenger...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Lieutenant-General John Graves Simcoe 1752-1806

Born in Cotterstock, Northamptonshire, Simcoe entered the army in 1770, and during the American Revolution commanded the 1st American Regiment (Queen's Rangers). In 1791 he was appointed the first...

Born in Cotterstock, Northamptonshire, Simcoe entered the army in 1770, and during the American Revolution commanded the 1st American Regiment (Queen's Rangers). In 1791 he was appointed the first...

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  • ontario
  • alan brown

Lord Thomson of Fleet 1894-1976

Roy Thomson, son of Herbert and Alice Thomson, was born in this house 5 June 1894. At the age of 13 he enrolled in a business college where he worked as a janitor to pay his fees. After a variety...

Roy Thomson, son of Herbert and Alice Thomson, was born in this house 5 June 1894. At the age of 13 he enrolled in a business college where he worked as a janitor to pay his fees. After a variety...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Lucius O'Brien (1832-1899)

Here, from 1881 to 1987, stood the home of Lucius O'Brien, one of our foremost painters and a leader in the development of Canada's artistic life. Born in Shanty Bay, Ontario, O'Brien practiced as...

Here, from 1881 to 1987, stood the home of Lucius O'Brien, one of our foremost painters and a leader in the development of Canada's artistic life. Born in Shanty Bay, Ontario, O'Brien practiced as...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

The Lake Light

This lighthouse, one of the earliest on the Great Lakes, was completed in 1808 as an hexagonal tower 16 m high, topped by a wooden cage with a fixed whale-oil lantern. In 1832 it was raised to 25...

This lighthouse, one of the earliest on the Great Lakes, was completed in 1808 as an hexagonal tower 16 m high, topped by a wooden cage with a fixed whale-oil lantern. In 1832 it was raised to 25...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Leaside: A Railway Town

The development of the Town of Leaside, named for 19th-century farmer and settler William Lea, is historically linked to the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways. By 1894, a railway...

The development of the Town of Leaside, named for 19th-century farmer and settler William Lea, is historically linked to the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways. By 1894, a...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Lansing

A prominent landmark building, the Joseph Shepard House/Dempsey Brothers Store once occupied this corner of Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue. Built in 1860, by Joseph Shepard II, the building was...

A prominent landmark building, the Joseph Shepard House/Dempsey Brothers Store once occupied this corner of Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue. Built in 1860, by Joseph Shepard II, the building...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Loring-Wyle Studio

This board-and-batten building, originally the schoolhouse for Christ Church, Deer Park, was acquired in 1920 by Frances Loring and Florence Wyle. Sculpting in the classical tradition, they...

This board-and-batten building, originally the schoolhouse for Christ Church, Deer Park, was acquired in 1920 by Frances Loring and Florence Wyle. Sculpting in the classical tradition,...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown