Fort York Guard is a ceremonial unit at Fort York. The unit represents the Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry, one of many units once stationed at the fort. Fort York National Historic Site, on a stamp issued in 1985. ...
The unit was created in 1934 and trained to simulate the duties of the originally guards.
The guard consists of two units:
squad or musketmen
drums or musicians
Equipment
drums
pipes
muskets
field cannons
The number of guards vary on the number of people available. They have ranged from 3 to 50 members.
The guards are volunteers (high school to university students) at the fort. They are maintained and run by the Friends of Fort York.
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