5120 Yonge Street, the North York Central Library, North York, ON M2N 5N9
North York Historical Society
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For thousands of years, the First Nations lived, hunted, traveled and bartered in the North York area of the City of Toronto. When John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant Governor of the newly created province of Upper Canada, moved the capital from Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) to the Town of York in 1793, the foundations of the future growth were laid. York became the economic center of the province, attracting merchants, entrepreneurs and settlers.
With about 50, 000 acres of gently rolling countryside and Yonge Street as the main road, villages sprang up at crossroads, and wherever there was waterpower for mills. The area became one of the most desirable and forests soon gave way to farmsteads and fertile fields.
The Society compiled an archive of the history of the area, which was located in the Canadiana Department of the North York Central Library. The North York Historical Society’s Heritage Resource Centre and offices are now at the historic Miller Tavern.
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