NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Avenue Road

Avenue Road is a major north-south street in Toronto, Ontario. Its name is rather unusual. Robert Fulford once wrote that it "sounded like an identity crisis with pavement." The road is a continuation of University Avenue after it has gone around Queen's Park, the Ontario Legislative Assembly. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total â€¢ Land â€¢ Water (% of total) Ranked 4th 1,076,395 km... Alternate use: see Robert Fulford (croquet player) for the English croquet player. ... University Avenue is one of the main North/South roads in downtown Toronto. ... Queens Park is an historic green space in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The Ontario Legislature Building at Queens Park The Legislative Assembly of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. ...

Avenue Road officially begins at Bloor Street, the western limits of the former town of Yorkville, and ends at Highway 401. At its southern terminus, it runs between two of Toronto's major hotels the Hyatt Park Plaza and the Four Seasons, with the Royal Ontario Museum and Church of the Redeemer (Toronto) on the corners. For much of its length the road is fairly residential, with a mix of small businesses, as well as a few large schools and churches. A notable site along this "lower section" is the Hari Krishna Temple, formerly the Avenue Road Church, opposite Dupont Street. Just north of St. Clair Avenue, Avenue Road temporarily veers east circling around Upper Canada College, and the eastern edge of Forest Hill. Bloor Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Yorkville is one of Toronto, Ontario, Canadas most affluent neighbourhoods. ... Highway 401 as part of the 400-series network The Kings Highway No. ... Hyatt is a family of hotel brands owned by Global Hyatt Corporation. ... Four Seasons The Four Seasons Hotel TSX: FSH.SV NYSE: FS chain consists of many hotels and resorts aimed at the top of the hotel market, as well as the wealthy. ... The mosaic ceiling of the rotunda entrance to the museum. ... The Church of the Redeemer today overshadowed by the Four Seasons Hotel The Church of the Redeemer is an Anglican church in Toronto, Canada. ... Avenue Road Church was a church located on Avenue Road in Toronto, Canada. ... St. ... Upper Canada College (UCC) is an all-male elementary and secondary school in Toronto, Canada, the oldest independent school in the province of Ontario, and the third oldest school in Canada. ... Forest Hill is an affluent neighbourhood in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

North of Eglinton Avenue, the former St. James-Bond Church can be seen. This building, once housing two prime downtown St. James Square (formerly Presbyterian), and Bond Street (formerly Congregationalist) was built in the late 1920s, and is closing in June 2005. It is rumoured that author Ian Fleming was inspired to name Agent 007 (James Bond) after seeing the sign for this church (although this is not confirmed). Eglinton Avenue is an east-west throughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... St. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation indepedently and autonomously runs its own affairs. ... Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 â€“ August 12, 1964) was an English author and journalist, best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels as well as the childrens story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ... The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced double-oh seven), is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1953. ...

Near Lawrence Avenue, Havergal College, a large, private girl's school is located. Although located in the former city of North York, much of the area considers itself part of North Toronto. At Wilson Avenue, Avenue Road presently ends at Highway 401 (exit 367); prior to the construction of this expressway/superhighway in the 1950s, Avenue Road or the former Ontario Provincial Highway 11A, veered east, crossing the West Don River Valley from Yonge Street, bypassing the area known as Hoggs Hollow. Lawrence Avenue is a major east-west thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Havergal College (shortform Havergal or HC) is a leading independent boarding and day school for girls in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... North York forms the central part of the northern half of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... North Toronto is the northern section of the old, pre-amalgamation City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Wilson Avenue is a short east-west street in Toronto. ... The Don River is one of two rivers bounding the original settled area of Toronto, Canada along the shore of Lake Ontario, the other being the Humber River to the west. ... A sign for Yonge Street at the intersection with Maitland Street. ... Hoggs Hollow is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada which is located in a depression in the land centred on the intersection of Yonge Street and York Mills Avenue/Wilson Avenue. ...

A few miles north of Toronto's Avenue Road, there is an Avenue Road in Richmond Hill, Ontario, running almost due north of the Toronto one. Flag of the Town of Richmond Hill Richmond Hill (population 163,000 as of 2006) is a town in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Trivia

There is a joke about how Avenue Road got its name. According to local legend, Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe was surveying the old town of York and came to a spot on Bloor Street and pointed north. He said (in an English accent), "Let's 'av a new road!" A Lieutenant Governor is a government official who is the subordinate or deputy of a Governor or Governor-General. ... John Graves Simcoe (February 25, 1752 â€“ October 26, 1806) was the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (modern-day southern Ontario plus the shoreline of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior) from 1791-1796. ... York was the original name of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...