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Livres anciens et modernes

Berchem, F.R. (Hamish)

The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860: An Account from Letters, Diaries and Newspapers

Natural Heritage, 1996

20,00 €

Kalamos Books

(STREETSVILLE, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1996
ISBN
1896219136
Auteur
Berchem, F.R. (Hamish)
Éditeurs
Natural Heritage
Edition
1st Canadian Edition
Thème
Canada Ontario Toronto Yonge Street
Description
S
Jaquette
Non
Etat de conservation
En excellent ètat
Reliure
Couverture souple
Dédicacée
Non
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

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. 192p. illus bibliography index [Donor inscription inside front cover, else fine]