History Pre-confederation (to 1867)
200 Years Yonge
A History
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- Dec 1998
- Category
- Pre-Confederation (to 1867), History, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896219493
- Publish Date
- Dec 1998
- List Price
- $24.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459713116
- Publish Date
- Dec 1998
- List Price
- $8.99
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Description
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.