 A pair of CNE Magic Passes Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) is an annual event held at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The CNE grew out of an annual late summer fair at a time when Toronto was the centre of a farming community. It is now the oldest and largest annual fair in the world. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1687x1186, 1264 KB) Summary Old sign from CNE midway, on display at a special exhibit commemorating the baby boomer years at the CNE. Shot on August 25th 2005 on the CNE Grounds, Toronto. ...
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Looking East from the CNE Ferris Wheel (National Trade Centre at left, Automotive Building at right). ...
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Prior to the CNE, a major agricultural fair was held in a different city every year in the province of Ontario. In 1878, Toronto hosted the fair, and it was a major success with over 100,000 visitors. Based on the success, local politicians and business groups lobbied for a permanent summer fair to be held yearly in Toronto. This was fought by other Ontario communities that feared the loss of business from having to compete with a major fair. The traveling fair allowed rural communities to get exposure that they would not normally have had. 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Toronto operators won and the first 'permanent' fair was held in 1879 as the Toronto Industrial Exhibition at what is now the Exhibition Place grounds. The current grounds covers a total of 260 acres (1 km²) of land facing Lake Ontario, in the west end of Toronto. 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Looking East from the CNE Ferris Wheel (National Trade Centre at left, Automotive Building at right). ...
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Lake Ontario seen from near Wolcott, New York Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ...
The CNE was not held between 1942 and 1946, when the land and its facilities were turned over to the Department of National Defense as a training ground. After World War II, it was used as a demobilization centre. This article is about the year. ...
1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe...
Over the years the CNE has changed extensively to meet the needs of the growing and changing demographics of Toronto and Southern Ontario. Categories: Canada geography stubs | Ontario ...
The post-war years and modernism The CNE resumed in 1947, the Canadian military returning the grounds back to its civilian administrators. 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The tone of the CNE started to turn away from a provincial, agricultural focus, and moved more towards a distinctly modern, cosmopolitan look and feel.
Arguably the start of the trend was already evident in the construction of the Automotive Building in 1929, the first building that tried to break free of the Beaux Art design common to many of the other buildings on the grounds, mixing clean modern lines with classical ornamentation. Subsequent buildings and structures turned were strikingly modern, and propelled the CNE into an institution design to embody technological progress. 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The first opportunity to place a modernist look to the CNE grounds post-war came in 1946, when the third Exhibition Stadium burned down. In its place was built the fourth (and final) Exhibition Stadium, a massive concrete construction and monumental cantilevered steel roof was a sharp contrast to the other buildings around it.
The modernist trend continued with the construction of other buildings and monuments typifying the modernist style including the Food Building 1954, the Shell Oil Tower 1955, Queen Elizabeth II Building 1957, the Princess Margaret Fountain 1958 and the new Dufferin Gates 1959. The modernist design trend culminated in the Better Living Centre, built in 1962, which came with a distinctive Mondrian-inspired ornament on its roof. Mondrian can refer to: The artist, Piet Mondrian; A stimulus used in research into color perception, particularly color constancy. ...
The buildings of the CNE grounds While the CNE only lasts for a few weeks at the end of the summer, many major permanent buildings and other structures have been built over the years to house specific venues, or to commemorate specific events. - Automotive Building (1929)
- Bandshell (1936)
- Better Living Centre (1962)
- Coliseum (1922, now part of the Ricoh Coliseum)
- Dufferin Gate (originally 1895, current version dates to 1959)
- Exhibition Stadium (no longer extant; originally 1879, fourth and final version demolished 1999)
- Fire Hall & Police Station (1912)
- Fort Rouillé Monument (commemorates an original building built in 1750, current monument dates to 1887)
- Food Building (originally 1921, current building dates to 1954)
- Government Building (1912, now home to Medieval Times)
- Horse Palace (1931)
- Horticulture Building (1907)
- Liberty Grand Building (1926)
- Music Building (1907)
- Press Building (1905)
- Prince's Gates (1927)
- Princess Margaret Fountain (1958)
- Queen Elizabeth Building (1957)
- Scadding Cabin (originally built in 1794, moved to CNE grounds in 1879)
- Shrine Monument (1930)
- Wind Turbine (2003)
Five of these buildings — the Fire Hall & Police Station, Government Building, Horticultural Building, Music and Press Buildings — were designed by architect G.W. Gouinlock, as was the third Grandstand, which was destroyed by fire. A commemorative plaque to his work was erected on the grounds in 1991. Categories: Stub | Companies traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ...
Exhibition Stadium was a stadium that formerly stood at the Canadian National Exhibition grounds in Toronto, Ontario. ...
Medieval Times locations. ...
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Automotive Building The Automotive Building was constructed in 1929, designed by local architect Douglas Kirkland. Located immediately inside the entrance to the Princes' Gates on the south side of Princes Boulevard, the building was initially used to display the latest car models to the public. 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
During World War II, this building was the home to Toronto's naval reserve, known as HMCS York. A commemorative plaque to this can be found on the north side of the building.
Its original purpose was arguably superseded in 1973 when the Canadian International Autoshow appeared elsewhere in the city during the spring, closer in time to when new car models appear than in late August when the CNE starts. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...
In more recent years of the CNE, the Automotive Building has regularly hosted the "Farm, Food and Fun" displays, which had previously been hosted in the Agricultural Centre across the street. The building is often open for special events during the rest of the year, including an annual clothing show.
Bandshell Inspired by the Hollywood Bowl, the Bandshell on the CNE grounds was built in 1936. It is situated on the west side of the grounds, and over the years has been host to many famous acts, including Guy Lombardo, Louis Armstrong, The Guess Who, and Joni Mitchell. More recently the likes of Susan Aglukark, Moxy Früvous, and Bob Newhart have played the open air venue. The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. ...
1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Guy Lombardo, photographed by William P. Gottlieb, 1947 Gaetano Alberto Guy Lombardo (June 19, 1902 - November 5, 1977) was a Canadian bandleader and violinist. ...
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971) (also known by the nicknames Satchmo and Pops) was an American jazz musician. ...
The Guess Who is a Canadian rock music band from Winnipeg, Manitoba that was one of the first to establish a major successful following in their own country as well as abroad in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ...
Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943, in Fort Macleod, Alberta), is a legendary Canadian musician and painter. ...
Susan Aglukark (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓲᓴᓠáŠá’¡á“˜á’ƒá‘²á–…), born January 27, 1967, is a Canadian singer-songwriter whose blend of Inuit folk music traditions with pop songwriting has made her a major recording star in Canada. ...
Moxy Früvous is a folk-pop/geek-rock band from the Toronto, Ontario area. ...
Bob Newhart is an American actor, comedian and writer famous for his timing and bemused demeanor. ...
The adjacent park is known as Bandshell Park. It also hosts a carillon on its grounds. The rooftop carillon of Roermond City Hall A carillon is a keyboard percussion instrument composed of a range of bells controlled from a keyboard. ...
On August 25, 2003, as part of the CNE's 125th anniversary celebrations, and as part of Kid's Day, a Guinness World Record was set by the Bandshell as Sesame Street's Elmo hosted the largest Hokey Pokey song and dance routine. August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ...
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Elmo in Elmos World. ...
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Better Living Centre
 The Better Living Centre Building Another of the classic Modernist buildings on the site, the original purpose of the Better Living Centre was introduce new ranges of consumer goods to the baby boomer generation, making it a "space of encounter between consumer and product". For many people attending the CNE, the building hosted their first encounters with such technologies as colour television, transistor radios or home computers. It also became the place where people would expect to see the latest models of various consumer goods, ranging from vacuum cleaners to kitchen appliances. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2212x1507, 1655 KB) Summary Picture of the modernist Better Living Centre building on the CNE Grounds. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2212x1507, 1655 KB) Summary Picture of the modernist Better Living Centre building on the CNE Grounds. ...
Le Corbusiers Villa Savoye, 1929-30: The modern style is noted for its rigorous geometrical forms. ...
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The transistor radio (or transistor) is a small radio receiver. ...
The home computer is a consumer-friendly word for the second generation of microcomputers (the technical term that was previously used), entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. ...
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The building's stark modernist architecture, made up of large white forms, a vast flat roof and harsh angles, suited its futurist themes. The building was designed by architects Marani, Morris and Allan and was opened by Toronto mayor Nathan Phillips on August 17, 1964. It was built on the former site of the Manufacturer building, which burned down in 1962. Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect, also known as a building designer, is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ...
Nathan Phillips (1892-1976) was a Canadian politician and popular Mayor of Toronto. ...
August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In recent years, the Better Living Centre no longer serves its original purpose of introducing consumers to the latest and greatest products. Instead it has been divided in two, with one half now devoted to a casino, the other to the Rogers Sportszone, where indoor demonstrations of such things as scuba diving and BMX bicycling are staged. Rogers Communications Inc. ...
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Dufferin Gates The Dufferin Gates are the western-most pedestrian entranceway to the CNE grounds. Named after Lord Dufferin, the original gate to the CNE grounds was named in his honour, situated at the bottom of Dufferin Street. The original gateway was erected in 1895, and was superseded by a more permanent, ornate Beaux-Arts style triumphal arch built in 1910, and officially re-opened by Lord Dufferin in 1914. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2035x1171, 1586 KB) Picture of the Dufferin Gates on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, shot Sept 1 2005. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2035x1171, 1586 KB) Picture of the Dufferin Gates on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, shot Sept 1 2005. ...
A parabola A parabola (from the Greek: παραβολή) is a conic section generated by the intersection of a cone, and a plane tangent to the cone or parallel to some plane tangent to the cone. ...
Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, (June 21, 1826 – February 12, 1902) was a prominent member of Victorian society. ...
Dufferin Street is a north-south route in Toronto. ...
When Toronto's Gardiner Expressway was built in 1956, the gates had to be demolished in order to make way for the roadway. In their place a modernist-style parabolic arch was erected 50ft south of the previous gates in 1956, designed Philip R. Brock. The current arch is built around a steel frame and concrete, with brick at the base. It is 65ft high and spans 74ft in width. The star decoration that hangs from the top of the arch was added during Canada's centennial celebrations in 1967. View of the Gardiner Expressway, west of downtown Toronto, from the pedestrian overpass at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue. ...
A parabola A parabola (from the Greek: παραβολή) is a conic section generated by the intersection of a cone, and a plane tangent to the cone or parallel to some plane tangent to the cone. ...
A plaque from the Ontario Heritage Foundation commemorating the history of the CNE can be found just inside the gate. The Ontario Heritage Foundation is a non-profit agency of the Ontario Ministry of Culture founded in 1975. ...
A bus heads down to this entranceway from the Dufferin TTC station. Dufferin is a station on the Bloor-Danforth line of the Toronto subway. ...
Exhibition Stadium
 Original architectural model of the 4th Exhibition Stadium, from 1948 The CNE has been host to four grandstands since its inception. The third grandstand, designed by G.W. Gouinlock, was built in 1907 and had a capacity of 16,000. It burned down in 1946, subsequently leading to the construction of the fourth, Exhibition Stadium built in 1948. Designed by architects Marani and Morris, this building was the first of what would prove to be several Modernist buildings built on the CNE grounds, its distinctive and bold cantilevered truss roof dominating the grounds for over 50 years. It initially housed 22,000 people, but was expanded over the years to a maximum of 54,000 in order to accommodate the additional seating required for major professional sports teams who made the Grandstand their home. It became the home base for the Toronto Argonauts football team, and later, to the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2197x1297, 1608 KB) Summary Original architectural model of the fourth (and last) Exhibition Stadium, built in the late 1940s. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2197x1297, 1608 KB) Summary Original architectural model of the fourth (and last) Exhibition Stadium, built in the late 1940s. ...
Exhibition Stadium was a stadium that formerly stood at the Canadian National Exhibition grounds in Toronto, Ontario. ...
Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect, also known as a building designer, is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ...
Le Corbusiers Villa Savoye, 1929-30: The modern style is noted for its rigorous geometrical forms. ...
The Toronto Argonauts are a Canadian Football League team based in Toronto, Ontario. ...
The Toronto Blue Jays are a Major League Baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario, notable for being the first team from outside the United States to win the World Series. ...
In addition to sports, Exhibition Stadium was the stage for many entertainers over the years. Famous comedians who were featured there included Bob Hope, Victor Borge, and Bill Cosby. Similarly, many well-known musical acts made an appearance at the venue, ranging from Duke Ellington, Guy Lombardo, Benny Goodman, The Beach Boys (appearing there 11 times between 1974 and 1990), The Monkees, Sonny and Cher, to Melissa Etheridge, Sinéad O'Connor, Billy Idol and Nine Inch Nails. Leslie Townes Hope KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), best known as Bob Hope, was a famous entertainer, having appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, movies and in army concerts. ...
Victor Borge (January 3, 1909 – December 23, 2000) was born in Copenhagen, Denmark as Børge Rosenbaum and died in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. Affectionately known as the Clown Prince of Denmark and the Great Dane, he was a humorist, entertainer and world-class pianist. ...
Bill Cosby as Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show Dr. William Henry Bill Cosby, Jr. ...
Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz composer, pianist and bandleader. ...
Guy Lombardo, photographed by William P. Gottlieb, 1947 Gaetano Alberto Guy Lombardo (June 19, 1902 - November 5, 1977) was a Canadian bandleader and violinist. ...
Benny Goodman, born Benjamin David Goodman, (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was a famous Jazz musician, known as King of Swing, Patriarch of the Clarinet, and Swings Senior Statesman. // Childhood and early years Goodman was born in Chicago, the son of poor Jewish immigrants who lived on Chicago...
The Beach Boys, 1963 (L to R, David Marks, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Brian Wilson) The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. ...
1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
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The Monkees in 1967 (left to right): Michael Nesmith, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork The Monkees were a four-man band who appeared in an American television series of the same name, which ran on NBC from 1966 to 1968. ...
Sonny and Cher were an American rock and roll duo, made up of husband and wife team Sonny Bono and Cher in the 60s and 70s. ...
Melissa Etheridge on the cover of her album Breakdown Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961 in Leavenworth, Kansas) is an American rock musician. ...
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With Teeth album cover Nine Inch Nails (colloquially known as NIИ) are a critically and commercially successful American band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988 by Trent Reznor. ...
The Blue Jays left the open-air Exhibition Stadium for the roofed Skydome (now, the Rogers Centre) in 1989. By that time it was recognized that the building was beginning to visibly decay, and was little used in its final decade of existence. Though it was the earliest of the modernist-style buildings on the grounds, it was the only one not to be become a historically listed building. It was finally demolished in 1999. The Rogers Centre (formerly SkyDome), is a multi-purpose stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated next to the CN Tower near the shores of Lake Ontario. ...
Fort Rouillé Monument A large obelisk marks the spot where the original French-built Fort Rouillé (also known as Fort Toronto) was erected in 1750 and 1751. Its construction was ordered by the Marquis de la Jonquière, then governor of New France, in order to further establish a French presence in the area, and to intercept the trade of Indians traveling towards an English fur-trading post in present-day Oswego. It was a small palisaded fort with a bastion at each of its four corners, and containing five main buildings: a corps de garde, storeroom, barracks, blacksmithy, and a building for the officers. A drawing[1] purported to date from 1749 shows the fort adjacent to Lake Ontario, whereas today it is situated on top of a small hill a hundred meters or so from the lake's current shoreline. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1712x2288, 1678 KB) Picture of the Fort Rouille monument on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1712x2288, 1678 KB) Picture of the Fort Rouille monument on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds. ...
The Luxor obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris An obelisk is a tall, thin, four-sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramidal top. ...
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New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763. ...
Oswego is the name of some places in the United States of America. ...
Lake Ontario seen from near Wolcott, New York Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ...
The fort was abandoned and burned by the French garrison in July 1759, who were retreating from invading English forces. Vestiges of the fort remained for many years afterwards, but the site was graded over and sodded in preparation for the establishment of the nearby Scadding Cabin in 1879.
The grounds were excavated in 1979 and 1980 by the Toronto Historical Board, and again in 1982 by the Youth Committee of the Toronto Sesquicentennial Board. The outline of the original fort has been marked out in concrete around the obelisk. Two commemorative plaques &mdash one in English, and one in French — are attached to the base of the obelisk, placed there by the Ontario Heritage Foundation. To the north a third plaque commemorates the excavation done on the site, and to the west a fourth plaque commemorates a visit to the site by Bertrand Delanoë, mayor of Paris, on September 6, 2003. An anniversary is a day that commemorates an event that occurred on the same day of the year some time in the past. ...
The Ontario Heritage Foundation is a non-profit agency of the Ontario Ministry of Culture founded in 1975. ...
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The obelisk is surrounded by two cannons and a mortar, dating from the 1850s. Perhaps ironically, they are all British. Events and Trends Technology Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Science Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward the theory of evolution...
Press Building Originally named the Administrative Building at its inception in 1905, until 1957 it was home to the CNE Association. In 1957 it was re-named the Press Building and it became the headquarters for the various media that would attend and report upon the annual fair. Additional telephone and press wire equipment was installed to handle the demand placed on it by the media. More recently the building has returned to its original function as home to the administrators of the CNE. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2110x1356, 1622 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Canadian National Exhibition ...
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This building was designed in the Beaux Art style by architect G.W. Gouinlock, who also went on to design several other buildings on the grounds. A plaque dedicated to Gouinlock can be found on its grounds. It was once part of a formal plaza that originally boasted the Gooderham Fountain, which was also design by Gouinlock, which was replaced by the Princess Margaret Fountain in 1958. In 2005 the building celebrated its centenary. The building has been designated a National Historic site. Tours of the building are available. Beaux-Arts architecture denotes the academic classical architectural style that was taught at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris, the home territory of this style, which influenced American architecture in the period 1885 – 1920. ...
Princes' Gates Often mistakenly called the "Princess Gates", the Princes' Gates were officially opened by two English princes: H.R.H. Edward, Prince of Wales, and Prince George on August 31, 1927, during that year's CNE. They were built to celebrate Canada's 60th anniversary after Confederation, and were originally to be called "The Diamond Jubilee of Confederation Gates", but the name was changed when it was found that the Princes were touring Canada the year of its dedication. First to pass through the gate was a Veterans Parade, a tradition which later became the annual Warriors' Day Parade. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x1366, 995 KB) Summary Princes Gates, CNE Grounds, Toronto. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x1366, 995 KB) Summary Princes Gates, CNE Grounds, Toronto. ...
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Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor), later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), was the second British monarch of the House of Windsor. ...
The Badge of the Prince of Wales is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ...
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August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ...
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The gates are made of a mix of stone and concrete. The statue at the top of the arch is the "Goddess of Winged Victory", an interpretation of the original Winged Victory of Samothrace, designed by architect Alfred Chapman and carved by Charles McKechnie. In her hand she holds a single maple leaf, a symbol of Canada. There are nine pillars to either side of the main arch, each representing a founding province of Canada. Flanking the central arch are various figures representing progress, industry, agriculture, arts and science. The gates were designed by the architectural firm Chapman & Oxley in the Beaux-Art style. The Winged Victory of Samothrace The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called Nike of Samothrace, is a marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory), discovered in 1863 on the island of Samothrace (Greek: ΣαμοθÏακη, Samothraki) by the French consul and amateur archaeologist Charles Champoiseau. ...
During the fall of 1986 the Winged Victory statue was taken down and found be seriously deteriorating. It was subsequently replaced by a glass-reinforced polymer plastic copy in 1987, designed to withstand the elements for over a century. That same year the gates officially became a listed building under the Ontario Heritage Act.
The Scadding Cabin This small building, located adjacent to the Fort Rouillé Monument and in the shadow of the wind turbine can be found in the western grounds of the CNE. It is not only the oldest building on its grounds, but the oldest building in Toronto. It was built by the Queen's York Rangers in 1794 on behalf of John Scadding, who served as clerk (essentially, an executive assistant) to the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2244x1372, 2631 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Canadian National Exhibition ...
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The 1st American Regiment was originally raised during the Seven Years War by Robert Rogers and were better known as Rogers Rangers. ...
A Lieutenant Governor is a government official who is the subordinate or deputy of a Governor or Governor-General. ...
Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg, Ontario Upper Canada is an early name for the land at the upstream end of the Saint Lawrence River in early North America – the territory south of Lake Nipissing and north of the St. ...
John Graves Simcoe (February 25, 1752 – October 26, 1806) was the best friend of Samdup and he will be helping him with putting up the the patio stone. ...
It is a squat, two-storey log cabin with low ceilings, designed to retain the heat from the fire in winter close to its occupants. It is said that John Graves Simcoe, who was over 6ft tall, had to stoop in order to enter the building. A log cabin is a small house built from logs. ...
Scadding was given a plot of land from what is now just north of Gerrard Street East in the north to the waterfront. The cabin was built close to the Don River, on what is now part of the Don Valley Parkway, just south of Queen Street East. Don Valley Parkway, looking northbound, in typical rush-hour traffic The Don Valley Parkway (often referred to as the DVP or simply as The Parkway) is a controlled-access freeway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, so named because it runs through the scenic Don River Valley. ...
Scadding sold the property in 1818 to William Smith. In 1879, his son William Smith offered the cabin to the York Pioneers, a local historical society. Around this time someone mistook the information concerning the original owner for the cabin, leading to it being erroneously called "The Govenor Simcoe cabin". The original cabin was disassembled from its original site and rebuilt by the York Pioneers, along with an adjacent cabin made out of new logs, on the current site, just in time for the original Industrial Exhibition in 1879.
John Scadding's youngest son, Henry Scadding wrote an early history of York/Toronto and set the record straight on who the original owner of the cabin was. When he died in 1901, the York Pioneers renamed it "The Scadding Cabin", in honour of this son of the original owner, who had also been a past president of their society. Henry Scadding (July 29, 1813 – 6 May 1901) was a Canadian author and clergyman. ...
The building as it now stands is little changed from its original construction. Apparently an additional 7ft extension that would have appeared to the south of the building was not moved. The second cabin constructed next to it by the York Pioneers was built using wood that was too green, and it was demolished a few years after construction. Over the years some of the timbers have been replaced, and the cabin was remounted on a stone foundation in the late part of the 20th century. Inside the cabin are furnishings appropriate to a house in Upper Canada in the 1830s, and contains some furnishings known to have once belonged to Simcoe. Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg, Ontario Upper Canada is an early name for the land at the upstream end of the Saint Lawrence River in early North America – the territory south of Lake Nipissing and north of the St. ...
Shrine Peace Memorial This monument, depicting a winged angel holding aloft a laurel crown and standing upon a globe held aloft by female sphinxes, was presented to the people of Canada on June 12, 1930 by the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (better known as the Shriners) as a symbol of peace and friendship between the United States and Canada. It is also meant as "an ongoing reminder that Freemasonry actively promotes the ideals peace, harmony, and prosperity for all humankind"[2]. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2286x1558, 1496 KB) Picture of the Shrine Peace Memorial. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2286x1558, 1496 KB) Picture of the Shrine Peace Memorial. ...
The Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background. ...
June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ...
1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
A member of the Syrian Corvettes group of Shriners participates in a Memorial Day parade The Shriners, or Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, are an Order appendant to Freemasonry. ...
the Square and Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ...
The monument was originally dedicated on the final day of a Shriners summit held in Toronto that year. It was dedicated by the Imperial Potentate of the Shrine of North America, Leo V. Youngworth, and formally received by George S. Henry, who was the Potentate of Rameses Temple No. 33 of Toronto. Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King was present at the dedication ceremony and over the radio publically thanked the Shriners for the gift to the city of Toronto and to the Canadian nation. Not to be confused with William Lyon Mackenzie, Mackenzie Kings grandfather. ...
The statue was created by sculptor Charles Keck, who was a member of the Kismet Temple of Brooklyn, New York. A bench surrounds the statue, bearing the words "PEACE BE ON YOU", and its response "ON YOU BE THE PEACE", both of which make up the Shrine motto. The statue and bench is surrounded by a circular fountain. Charles Keck (September 9, 1875 _ April 23, 1951) was an American sculptor, born in New York City. ...
A map highlighting Brooklyn and the rest of New York City. ...
State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...
In 1962 the monument was relocated and re-dedicated at its current location. It was again re-dedicated by the Shriners in 1989. The surrounding gardens and fountain were erected by the Toronto Parks Department, which was re-dedicated to the cause of peace by then Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker on August 20, 1958. The Right Honourable John George Diefenbaker, PC , LL.B , MA , BA (September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada (1957 – 1963). ...
August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
It is situated immediately south of the Bandshell, and is the focal point of the surrounding rose garden.
Recent history Having celebrated its 125th anniversary in the summer of 2003 (even though hampered by the 2003 blackout), "The Ex" - as it is also known - holds several trades shows and spectacles, ranging from performing dogs to the Snowbirds air show. It traditionally operates for the last three weeks of the summer, ending on Labour Day (the first Monday in September). The 2003 North America blackout was a massive power outage which occurred throughout parts of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada on Thursday, August 14, 2003. ...
The Snowbirds at spring training 2003 near CFB Comox. ...
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In the 1990s the annual fair suffered from deficits, but since 1999 it appears to have rebounded in popularity, and has suffered only one deficit since then. Since 1997 there has been talk about merging the administration and staffing of Exhibition Place and the adjacent Ontario Place as a cost-cutting and efficiency measure, as both currently operate with three boards and four separate sets of staff [3]. Ontario Place is a Government of Ontario owned entertainment attraction, located approximately 4 km west of downtown Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario and just south of Exhibiton Place. ...
Its current programs include: Kids World, Kiddie Midway, Ken Jen petting zoo, Doo Doo the Clown, costume characters, "farm, food and fun", Eukanuba Superdogs, rock sculptures, butter sculptures, sand sculptures, human cannonball, daily parades, Food Building and the Rogers Sportzone.
See also Looking East from the CNE Ferris Wheel (National Trade Centre at left, Automotive Building at right). ...
Exhibition Stadium was a stadium that formerly stood at the Canadian National Exhibition grounds in Toronto, Ontario. ...
Ontario Place is a Government of Ontario owned entertainment attraction, located approximately 4 km west of downtown Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario and just south of Exhibiton Place. ...
The Pacific National Exhibition is an annual two-week summer fair in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ...
Members of Parliament Libby Davies, Ujjal Dosanjh, David Emerson, Hedy Fry, Stephen Owen Members of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Campbell, David Chudnovsky, Adrian Dix, Colin Hansen, Jenny Kwan, Lorne Mayencourt, Wally Oppal, Gregor Robertson, Shane Simpson, Carole Taylor Mayor Larry Campbell City Manager Judy Rogers Governing Body Vancouver City Council...
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, or simply Expo 67 was a Worlds Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1967 to coincide with the Canadian Centennial that year. ...
City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area - % water 500. ...
Expo 86 logo The 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, or simply Expo 86, was a Worlds Fair held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during the summer of 1986. ...
Members of Parliament Libby Davies, Ujjal Dosanjh, David Emerson, Hedy Fry, Stephen Owen Members of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Campbell, David Chudnovsky, Adrian Dix, Colin Hansen, Jenny Kwan, Lorne Mayencourt, Wally Oppal, Gregor Robertson, Shane Simpson, Carole Taylor Mayor Larry Campbell City Manager Judy Rogers Governing Body Vancouver City Council...
References - Avigdor, Jeanine. 1994. The Scadding Cabin, 1794: Toronto's Oldest House. The York Pioneer and Historical Society. ISBN: 0-9698404-0-3.
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