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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17TK_torontos-first-professional-stadium-sunlight-park-1886-1896_Toronto-ON.html
"Sunlight Park" was constructed in 1886 as the Toronto Baseball Grounds. The smell of baked potatoes and cigars greeted fans filing in to the park through an avenue of workers' cottages called "Baseball Place". The stands, four storeys high and su…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13BC_south-african-war-memorial_Toronto-ON.html
South face of pedestal:To the memory and in honourof the Canadians who died defending the Empirein the South African War, 1899-1902South face of obelisk:PaarderbergDreifonteinJohannesburgDiamond HillBelfastRelief of KimberlyRelief of MafekingHarts…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM139U_canadian-airmen-monument_Toronto-ON.html
Panel 1:Per Arua Ad AstraIn Memory of our CanadianAirmen who fought in theSkies to preserve freedomand order in the world.Panel 2:Canadian Airmen Awarded the Victoria Cross
World War I:William Avery BishopAlan Arnett McLeodWilliam George Barker…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM135Z_mary-ann-shadd-cary_Toronto-ON.html
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was an anti-slavery activist, an advocate for the rights of women, and a pioneering woman newspaper editor and publisher. The daughter of a free African American shoemaker and abolitionist, Shadd began a life of teaching at age…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRAY_the-lake-light_Toronto-ON.html
This lighthouse, one of the earliest on the Great Lakes, was completed in 1808 as an hexagonal tower 52 feet high, topped by a wooden cage with a fixed whale-oil lantern. In 1832 it was raised to 82 feet and later equipped with a revolving light. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQBP_scarborough-bluffs_Toronto-ON.html
The layers of sand and clay exposed in these cliffs display a remarkable geological record of the last stages of the Great Ice Age. Unique in North America, they have attracted worldwide scientific interest. The first 46 metres of sediments contai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOSK_charles-william-jefferys_Toronto-ON.html
{Marker Text in English:}Writer, artist, and illustrator of historical novels and textbooks, Charles Jefferys emigrated to Canada from England in 1879. After studying at the Toronto Art Students League, he joined the New York Herald as an illustra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMORZ_the-royal-canadian-yacht-club_Toronto-ON.html
The province's first sailing association, the Toronto Boat Club, was formed in 1852 and two years later became the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. Dedicated to the promotion of yachting and naval interests, it initiated competitions which stimulated wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQL_sir-daniel-wilson_Toronto-ON.html
{in English:}A scholar of diverse interests and talents, Daniel Wilson was noted in Britain as the author and illustrator of studies of old Edinburgh and of Scottish prehistory. In 1853 he was appointed to the chair of history and English literatu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOPT_the-macdonald-mowat-house_Toronto-ON.html
Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, purchased this house in 1876 and lived here 1876-78. It was built in 1872 in the French Second Empire style by Nathaniel Dickey, a Toronto iron founder. Macdonald owned the property until 1886 …