| Description |
1 online resource (191 pages) : 77 illustrations (some color), 19 maps (some color) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184) and index. |
| Contents |
PREFACE; 1 THE EARLY YEARS, 1793-1811; 2 THE WAR OF 1812-1814; 3 FORT YORK AND THE TORONTO GARRISON, 1815-1945; 4 "HISTORIC" FORT YORK; ENDNOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. |
| Summary |
Fearing an American invasion of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe had Fort York built in 1793 as an emergency defensive measure. That act became the first step in the founding of modern Toronto. Twenty years later, the Fort was the scene of the bloody Battle of York in which the famous American explorer, Zebulon Pike, died leading U.S. forces against the Fort's outnumbered Canadian, British and Aboriginal defenders. The Americans won this battle -- their first major victory in the War of 1812 -- and torched the province's public buildings during a six-day occupation. A year later, British forces. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fort York (Toronto, Ont.) -- History.
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Ontario -- Toronto -- Fort York. |
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History. |
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Toronto (Ont.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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Toronto (Ont.) -- History, Military.
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Electronic books.
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Bildband.
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History.
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Military history.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Benn, Carl, 1953- Historic Fort York, 1793-1993. Toronto : Natural Heritage/Natural History, ©1993 0920474799 9780920474792 (DLC) 95104655 (OCoLC)28219010 |
| ISBN |
9781554881901 (electronic book) |
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1554881900 (electronic book) |
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9781459713765 (electronic book) |
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1459713761 (electronic book) |
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0920474799 |
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9780920474792 |
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