Berczy


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Dictionary of Canadian Biography


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The Dictionary of Canadian Biography is the definitive biographical reference work in Canadian history. "No serious student of Canada's past can function without access to this thorough, balanced and reliable source." R. Hall, Globe and Mail.




Remembering the Don


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A tribute to the days when there were Mississauga Indians camped along a Don River teeming with salmon, red-coated militia regiments, and courageous pioneers.




Art Et Architecture Au Canada


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Identifies and summarizes thousands of books, article, exhibition catalogues, government publications, and theses published in many countries and in several languages from the early nineteenth century to 1981.




William Berczy: Co-founder of Toronto


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William Berczy was born in Wallerstein, Germany and immigrated to Toronto in 1792, having contracted with the British government in London " ... to peddle lands in Germany and also to procure German servants' to settle the Genesee lands." He took 134 settlers besides his own family. He died in New York in 1813, while visiting there.




The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860


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This is the remarkable story of the trail that became the longest street in the world, as officially recognized by The Guinness Book of Records. Begun in 1794, Yonge Street was planned by the ambitious Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe as a military route between Lake Ontario and Lake Huron. Anxious to bolster Upper Canada's defences against the new republic to the south, which he heartily loathed, Simcoe had his Queen's Rangers survey and develop the route from Toronto to present-day Holland Landing, and laid out lots for settlement. Even the trusty Rangers, as one surveyor complained in 1799, needed little excuse to lay down tools and vanish "to carouse upon St. George's day." Handsomely illustrated with the author's drawings, and painstakingly researched, this book captures the not-so-distant days when muddy Yonge Street was the backbone of pioneer Ontario.




Inside the Museums


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Illuminates Toronto's early history through its small heritage museums and their prized objects. For the first time, it showcases the scattered historic homes and other buildings as a single community.




Sights of Resistance


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CD-ROM contains: Chapters from text -- Glossary.




Earliest Toronto


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Toronto


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Walk the fascinating streets of Toronto, guided by award-winning playwright and historian Bruce Bell and renowned photographer Elan Penn. From significant firsts, such as the original Parliament, to tourist favorites like the Hockey Hall of Fame, from the famed CN Tower to Niagara Falls, these 80 sites offer something for history buffs, sports fans, culture seekers, nature lovers, even shoppers. Bell provides a wonderful narrative of the city's background, and its development from a humble watering hole and hunting ground used by native peoples to a place renowned for its stark modernity and rich diversity. Follow the rise of an Imperial city; explore the great churches and government buildings; check into the luxurious modern hotels, and go through Toronto's many universities, the biggest, tallest, and oldest attractions, plus the most elegant neighborhoods, all in one enjoyable visit.