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HistoriesWelcome to HistoriesGet a canadian perspective on history, read interesting historic tales, understand Canadian and Scottish History. ColonizationThe Elizabethan Sea-dogsJohn Hawkins.—Among those interested in the African tr... FLORIDADe León.—While some ... The Puritans.—While the planting of colonies on the sh... Cortés as administrator.—Cortés was not ... Economy and reform.—At the end of the French and India... The western fur trade.—For a decade and a half after t... Attack on Pensacola and Texas.—In January, 1719, as a ... The colonies advised to form temporary governments.—Up... Attempted relief of the East India Company.—During thi... The delegates.—The Second Continental Congress assembl... In 1600 the population of the English colonies on the contin... Philip's inheritance.—Charles V's stormy reign came to... The Carolina coast.—From the James River region to the... Burning of Falmouth.—Events were also taking place in ... Virginia prepares to attack the French.—When Dinwiddie... A centralist system established.—As complaints arose r... Retreat to the Raritan.—The fall of the forts had adde... Supervision of the fur trade.—The fur trade of Quebec ... The fifteenth century witnessed the culmination of the Renai... The cession.—On October 9, 1762, Louis XV offered west... | 
History of TorontoKing Street From George Street To Caroline StreetWe now retrace our steps to King Street, at its intersectio... King Street: St James' Church Continued At the southern end of the Church, in which we are supposin... The Harbour: Its Marine 1828-1863 The Canada's advertisement for the season of 1828 appears i... Yonge Street From The Bay To Yorkville The tourist of the present day, who, on one of our great la... King Street From Caroline Street To Berkeley Street Returning again to King Street: At the corner of Caroline S... Yonge Street: Onward From Holland Landing To Penetanguishene To render our narrative complete, we give in a few parting ... From Brock Street To The Old French Fort Returning again to the front. The portion of the Common tha... The Harbour: Its Marine 1793-99 The first formal survey of the harbour of Toronto was made ... Queen Street From Yonge Street To College Avenue Digression Southward At Bay Street Osgoode Hall Digression Northward At The Av Leaving now the site of our ancient Court House, the spot a... King Street: St James' Church The first Church of St. James, at York, was a plain structu... King Street: St James' Church Continued It is beginning, perhaps, to be thought preposterous that w... Front Street From The Market Place To Brock Street The corner we approach after passing the Market Square, was... Queen Street From Brock Street And Spadina Avenue To The Humber Immediately after the grounds and property of Mr. Dunn, on ... From Berkeley Street To The Bridge And Across It We now propose to pass rapidly down "the road to Quebec" as... King Street Digression Into Duke Street On passing George Street, as we intimated a moment ago, we ... The Valley Of The Don I.--From the Bridge on the Kingston Road to Tyler's. R... King Street: Digression Northward At Church Street: The Old District Grammar School Immediately north of the church plot, and separated from it... Yonge Street From Yorkville To Hogg's Hollow Of long standing is the group of buildings on the right aft... Palace Street To The Market Place In Rome, at the present day, the parts that are the most at... Yonge Street: From Bond's Lake To The Holland Landing With Digressions To Newmarket And Sharon We now speedily passed Drynoch, lying off to the left, on e... |