Ralph Magel, "200 Years Yonge: A History"
English | ISBN: 1896219497 | edition 1998 | PDF | 143 pages | 20,3 mb
English | ISBN: 1896219497 | edition 1998 | PDF | 143 pages | 20,3 mb
The Yonge Street as conceived by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe is celebrated, from its beginning as a First Nation's Trail, to the Yonge Street we know today, extending from Toronto to Innisfil.
Augustus Jones, the surveyor assigned by Simcoe, the French, the German pioneers, the Loyalists – all were to influence the building of Yonge Street. With the building of a route came tolls, inns, villages, more immigrants and ultimately an avenue of economy serving as the key transportation route for the people, goods and services that represent our province.