This plan shows the fort as it was rebuilt after its predecessor was destroyed in the Battle of York, 1813. A souvenir of that event remains in the crater on the lakeshore left when the Grand Magazine was detonated on the orders of Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe, the British commander in chief. A complete key to each of the buildings and outbuildings helps understand the scale of the establishment.
Plan of Fort at York, Upper Canada, shewing its state in March 1816. [Sgd] Royl. Engineers Drawg Room, Quebec 16th Feby 1816, J. B. Duberger, Junr. Quebec, 24th June 1816, G. Nicolls, Lt. Col. Rl. Engineers
Image courtesy Library and Archives Canada: NMC 23139
Winearls, MUC no. 2039 (2)
When the Fort was eventually transferred in 1909 to the City of Toronto, it was on condition “that the site of the Old Fort . . . shall, as far as possible, be restored to its original condition as shown on the attached copy of a plan of it, prepared by G. Nicolls, Government Engineer, and dated Quebec, 24th June, 1816, and that the same shall be preserved and maintained in such condition forever.”
Here is the edge of star fort in Toronto just the edge is still visible on the map. Was it bombed again? Where is the history of that event?
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Here is a map from 1878. Part of the star fort named Old Fort was still standing.
Map of the City of Toronto (with manuscript additions shewing real estate exemptions from taxation, 1878) - Detail
Compiled and drawn by Maurice Gaviller, C.E. & P.L.S., from plans filed in the Registry Office and the most recent surveys, 1872. Wadsworth & Unwin, P.L. Surveyors, Toronto, Sepr. 1st, 1872
Image courtesy Library and Archives Canada: NMC25641
Image courtesy Library and Archives Canada: NMC 23139
Winearls, MUC no. 2039 (2)
When the Fort was eventually transferred in 1909 to the City of Toronto, it was on condition “that the site of the Old Fort . . . shall, as far as possible, be restored to its original condition as shown on the attached copy of a plan of it, prepared by G. Nicolls, Government Engineer, and dated Quebec, 24th June, 1816, and that the same shall be preserved and maintained in such condition forever.”
Here is the edge of star fort in Toronto just the edge is still visible on the map. Was it bombed again? Where is the history of that event?
Address
Here is a map from 1878. Part of the star fort named Old Fort was still standing.
This plan shows where the Agricultural Fairgrounds at Toronto were
located from 1858-1878. The new Industrial Exhibition Grounds, now the
core of Exhibition Place, were to the south across three rail lines on
land marked 'Garrison Common' that wrapped around the New Fort. They
were leased from the Government of Canada until 1909, when the title to
them was transferred to the City of Toronto.
Map of the City of Toronto (with manuscript additions shewing real estate exemptions from taxation, 1878) - Detail
Compiled and drawn by Maurice Gaviller, C.E. & P.L.S., from plans filed in the Registry Office and the most recent surveys, 1872. Wadsworth & Unwin, P.L. Surveyors, Toronto, Sepr. 1st, 1872
Image courtesy Library and Archives Canada: NMC25641
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