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History Pre-confederation (to 1867)

200 Years Yonge

A History

edited by Ralph Magel

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
Dec 1998
Category
Pre-Confederation (to 1867), History, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896219493
    Publish Date
    Dec 1998
    List Price
    $24.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781459713116
    Publish Date
    Dec 1998
    List Price
    $8.99

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The Yonge Street as conceived by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe is celebrated, from its beginning as a First Nation’s Trail, to the Yonge Street we know today, extending from Toronto to Innisfil. Augustus Jones, the surveyor assigned by Simcoe, the French, the German pioneers, the Loyalists – all were to influence the building of Yonge Street. With the building of a route came tolls, inns, villages, more immigrants and ultimately an avenue of economy serving as the key transportation route for the people, goods and services that represent our province.

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