The Escarpment
At the beginning of the last great Ice Age, 120,000 years ago, Toronto lay beneath an ice- sheet more than 2 kilometres high. As the glacier retreated the meltwater created an inland sea, twice as...
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Étienne Brûlé
Born in France in 1595, arrived in Quebec in 1608. With a genius for exploration, Brûlé, from Lake Huron, thence to Lake Simcoe and southward made the Humber his route to Lake Ontario in 1615....
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Dominion Square
In 1873, Robert Davies, the third son of one of the most prominent families in the history of Toronto brewing, established the Dominion Brewery and built on this site in 1878. At its peak in...
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Discover the Humber River's Ancient Past
You now stand at the intersection of two ancient "shared paths", each thousands of years older than the nearby modern highways. One route travelled along the shifting shoreline of Lake Ontario....
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DeHavilland "Beaver"
The "Beaver" was developed in 1946 at Downsview under P.C. Garratt of DeHavilland Canada for flying in the Canadian north. The single engine, high wing monoplane, built for bush work,...
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De La Salle Institute Building 1871
Designed by Toronto architect Henry Langley, this building was constructed as a boys school operated by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a Catholic teaching order. The Brothers had purchased...
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Davenport Road - Ancient, Rural and Urban
Beneath the winding course of Davenport Road lies hidden an ancient trail created by Aboriginal peoples. The trail linked their settlements with hunting and fishing grounds, and with trade...
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Dolostone
This block of dolostone, a magnesium-rich variety of limestone, was found buried in boulder-studded clay about 10 metres below the surface during the excavation of the Yonge Street subway in...
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Dr. John G.C. Adams (1839-1922)
Dr. John G.C. Adams is regarded as the father of public health dentistry in Canada. His Methodist faith inspired him to become Canada's first resident dental missionary. He funded and operated the...
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Dentonia Park Farm
In 1897, Walter Massey, President of Massey-Harris Company, purchased about 100 ha of land to establish an experimental farm. Walter named the farm "Dentonia Park" after his wife, Susan...
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Diefenbaker & Trudeau
Two of the greatest and most flamboyant political careers in Canada's history reached watershed moments at Maple Leaf Gardens, one drawing to a humiliating close, the other seeming to gain...
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Don Mills
Don Mills was planned as a model town that would humanize urban life in an age of industry and the automobile. Initiated and financed by businessman E.P. Taylor and designed by Macklin Hancock,...
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Dr. Garon Cleland House 1906
Architect J. Francis Brown designed this house in the Queen Anne Revival style for Dr. Garon Cleland. In 1959, it was converted into a seniors residence operated jointly by the Toronto...
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Donalda Farm
This part of the Don Valley was first permanently settled in 1825 by the Gray family, who farmed and operated some of the original 'Don Mills', including a gristmill, sawmill and distillery....
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The Don Jail 1859-1864
The Don Jail is one of Toronto's most important mid-nineteenth-century public buildings. Located on a hill then outside City boundaries, it was constructed with exacting craftsmanship according to...
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Dundas Street Crossing and Lambton Mills
You are now standing on the abutment of a former Dundas Street bridge. Dundas Street crossed the Humber River here before it was rerouted in 1928 over the bridge immediately to the...
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The Discovery of Insulin
In one of the most important advances in modern medicine, a team of investigators isolated and purified insulin in a building which stood on this site. On May 17, 1921, Frederick Banting, a...
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Dovercourt Branch, Toronto Public Library 1913
Originally named for its local community, the Dovercourt Branch was the first Toronto Public Library building to be constructed solely with funds from the City of Toronto, and without the aid of...
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David Pecaut Square
David Pecaut was a civic leader, city-builder and Toronto booster. He spearheaded the formation of the Toronto City Summit Alliance in 2002 and co- founded Luminato in 2007."The potential of...
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The Defence of York
Pro Patria. In memory of Captain Neal McNeal, Volunteer Donald Maclean, and the soldiers of the Royal Artillery, 8th Regiment, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, Glengarry Light Infantry, York...
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