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Toronto: Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc.. Very Good. 1996. Softcover. 1896219136 . 192 pp. Index. Bibliography. Notes. Illus. Light edgewear. Appears unread. A facsimile reprint of the McGraw-Hill Ryerson 1997 original. A nice local history of the longest street in the world, drawn from letters, diaries and newspapers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860: An Account from Letters, Diaries and Newspapers Paperback - 1996
by Berchem
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- Title The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860: An Account from Letters, Diaries and Newspapers
- Author Berchem
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Trade Pape
- Pages 192
- Volumes 2
- Language ENG
- Publisher Natural Heritage Books, Toronto
- Date 1996
- ISBN 9781896219134 / 1896219136
- Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
- Dimensions 8.75 x 6.75 x 0.5 in (22.23 x 17.15 x 1.27 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 971.354
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Natural Heritage, 1996 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Canadian Edition. This is the remarkable story of the trail that became the longest street in the world, as officially recognized by The Guinness Book of Records. Begun in 1794, Yonge Street was planned by the ambitious Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe as a military route between Lake Ontario and Lake Huron. Anxious to bolster Upper Canada's defences against the new republic to the south, which he heartily loathed, Simcoe had his Queen's Rangers survey and develop the route from Toronto to present-day Holland Landing, and laid out lots for settlement. Even the trusty Rangers, as one surveyor complained in 1799, needed little excuse to lay down tools and vanish "to carouse upon St. George's day." Handsomely illustrated with the author's drawings and painstakingly researched, this book captures the not-so-distant days when muddy Yonge Street was the backbone of pioneer Ontario. 192p. illus bibliography index [Donor…
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