200 Years Yonge: A History Contributor(s): Magel, Ralph (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1896219497 ISBN-13: 9781896219493 Publisher: Natural Heritage Books OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1998 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Pre-confederation (to 1867) - Architecture | History - General - Transportation | Automotive - History |
Dewey: 971.354 |
LCCN: 99226325 |
Physical Information: 0.36" H x 11.01" W x 8.47" (0.94 lbs) 144 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher 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. |