Biography and Autobiography

My Town Monday - Fort York (Toronto)

My Community Monday is the brainchild of Travis Erwin on traviserwin.blogspot.com where we correspond with something about the location we live in. For interesting posts about other places inflict Travis' blog.

[1] Fort York








Toronto is a Huron discussion meaning 'Meeting Place'. The first settlement in the undamaged Toronto area, was Teiaiagon, which was populated by the Seneca Indians and then later by the Mississauga Indians on the east bank of the Humber River.

The first European to challenge on the shores of Lake Ontario in the vicinity of what is now Toronto was French explorer Etienne Brule. The place of Toronto was important for its series of trails and mollify routes that led from northern and western Canada to the Space of Mexico. Known as the "Toronto Passage", it followed the Humber River, as an distinguished overland shortcut between Lake Ontario and the uppermost Great Lakes. Toronto became a hot spot for French fur traders and was under French steer from 1615 to 1760.

Hostilities existed in Europe between Britain and France that were carried over into the colonial settlements and great rivalries developed between the two as they vied for control of the fur commerce and other resources. By September 1760 the British had defeated the French who withdrew from North America ending their decision, except for the islands St. Pierre and Miquelon at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River.

In 1792 British colonial officials founded the “Burgh of York” on what had been the Upper Canadian pale.

The settlement of modern Toronto began in 1793 when Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe (1752-1806) built a garrison on the introduce site of Fort York. Fearful...

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