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Deer Park is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, centred on the intersection of Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue; its boundaries are the Vale of Avoca section of Rosedale ravine in the east, Farnham Avenue and Jackes Avenue in the south, Avenue Road and Oriole Parkway in the west, the Belt Line trail in the north on the west side of Yonge Street, and Glen Elm Avenue in the north on the east side of Yonge Street. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government - Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area...
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History
The name dates from 1837, when the Heath family purchased 40 acres (162,000 m²) of land on the northwest corner of Yonge and St. Clair (then the Third Concession Road) and named it Deer Park. By the 1850s the neighbourhood included a racetrack, a school, and a hotel at which patrons could feed deer which roamed the Heaths' property. The Heath property was subdivided in 1846 and was entirely sold off by 1874. In Upper and Lower Canada, concession roads were laid out by the colonial government through undeveloped land to define lots to be developed; the name comes from a Lower Canadian French term for a row of lots. ...
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A race track (or racetrack), is a purpose-built facility for the conducting of races. ...
In 1891 Upper Canada College moved from its urban location to the then still rural Deer Park area, establishing a large campus that remains in the same location today, interrupting Avenue Road north of St. Clair Avenue. Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Upper Canada College (UCC) is a private elementary and secondary school for boys in downtown Toronto, Canada. ...
Deer Park was annexed by the City of Toronto in 1908, and by the 1930s it had become an upper-middle class residential district, which it remains today. The intersection of Yonge and St. Clair is also the site of extensive nodal commercial development. The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known as the World Depression. ...
Deer Park is also home to one of Toronto's oldest cemeteries. St. Michael's Cemetery was opened by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto on September 28, 1855. There are some 29,000 graves in the cemetery. Ten acres in size, St. Michael's has the unusual characteristic of being surrounded on all sides by the backs of buildings, thus making it nearly invisible from the street. It is bound on the north by stores, apartments and office buildings along St. Clair Avenue West, on the west by houses along Foxbar Road, on the south by houses and a fire hall along Balmoral Avenue, and on the east by stores and office buildings along Yonge Street. Entrance to the cemetery is gained through an alley off Yonge Street. The cemetery's octagonal mortuary vault was used to store bodies in the winter until the ground thawed. Designed by architect Joseph Sheard, who was also mayor of Toronto in 1871-72, the vault was designated a historic property under the Ontario Heritage Act in December 1975. This is a list of the Roman Catholic Archbishops of Toronto. ...
The Ontario Heritage Act allows municipalities and the provincial government to designate properties in the Province of Ontario, Canada as being of cultural heritage value or interest. Once a property has been designated, a property owner must apply to the local municipality for a permit to undertake alterations to any...
Notable Houses 42 Heath Street West
After a stakeout, Canada's most notorious bank robber of the day, Edwin Boyd, leader of the Boyd Gang, was captured in this house at 6:00AM on March 15, 1952. Even Toronto's mayor of the day, Allan Lamport, got into the act, escorting Boyd out of the house accompanied by Sergeant Adolphus (Dolph) Payne of the Toronto police force. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...
The Boyd Gang was a notorious gang in Canada led by Edwin Alonzo Boyd. ...
Allan Lamport (right) officially opening Torontos subway in 1954 with Premier Leslie Frost Allan Austin Lamport (1904-1999) was Mayor of Toronto, Canada, from 1952 to 1954. ...
Famous Former Residents Classical pianist Glenn Gould (1932-82) lived in Apt. 902 at 110 St Clair Avenue West from 1962 until his death in 1982. He is buried in nearby Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Glenn Gould rehearsing in 1974. ...
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a famous cemetery located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
J. E. H. MacDonald, Group of Seven painter who lived at 40 Duggan for several years until his death on September 26, 1932. James Edward Hervey MacDonald (May 12, 1873–November 26, 1932) was a member of the famous Group of Seven Canadian artists. ...
Pierre Salinger (1925-2004), Press secretary to presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and campaign manager to Robert F. Kennedy. He was mere metres away when R.F.K. was assassinated. He lived at 37 Lonsdale Road, while very young, from 1929-1932/3. Pierre Salinger. ...
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Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ...
Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also called RFK, was one of two younger brothers of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and served as United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964. ...
Novelist Joy Fielding (b. 1945) wrote Kiss Mommy Goodbye while living at 83 Lonsdable Road during the last three years of the '70s. Joy Fielding (born 1945) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ...
Writer Farley Mowat (b. 1933) lived at 90 Londsdale Road for six months in 1939-40. For the Sea Shepherd ship, see RV Farley Mowat. ...
Poet Margaret Avison (1918-2007) lived in Apt. 104 at 150 St Clair Avenue West from 1964-70. Margaret Avison (born April 23, 1918) is a Canadian poet. ...
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Deer Park United Church, formerly the Deer Park Presbyterian Church, was erect on St. ...
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church is the biggest Baptist church in Canada. ...
References - Gatenby, Greg: Toronto: A Literary Guide, McArthur and Company; Toronto, 1999. ISBN 1-55278-073-2
- Kinsella, Joan C.: Historical Walking Tour of Deer Park, Toronto Public Library Board; Toronto, Ontario, 1996. ISBN 0-920601-26-X
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