Like all my grandparents eight sons, the eldest - my Uncle Hugh - had an unquenchable thirst for adventure and wealth - wealth, meaning security, in those days. In his early twenties, he and a younger brother, Harry, took off for the gold fields,…
A toll gate at the north-east corner of Bloor and Yonge Streets, generally known as the "First" was erected in the early 1830s. The small keeper's house was moved to Davenport Road in 1850 when a covered way was added along withtwo further rooms.…
On the northwest corner of Yonge & Bloor, beneath the CIBC, lies the York General Burial Ground, Toronto’s first non-denominational burial ground. Also known as the Stranger’s Burial Ground, or Potter’s Field, this is where people who did not…
