New Fort York
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New Fort York, later the Stanley Barracks, is a former British and Canadian military base in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It was built in 1840–1841 to replace Toron
The Canadian Militia on the parade grounds of Stanley Barracks, c. 1910
The Royal Canadian Dragoons was one of several Canadian militia regiments stationed at the Fort.
German prisoners of war held in Stanley Barracks during World War I.
View of fort and Ex buildings in 1931
Fort York
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Fort York is an early 19th-century military fortification in the Fort York neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The fort housed members of the British and Canadian militaries and defended the en
New Fort York
…and Canadian military base in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It was built in 1840–1841 to replace Toronto's original Fort York at the mouth of Garrison Creek as the primary military base for the settlement. Unlike the older fort, many of the new fort buildings were made with…
Aerial view of Fort York from the southeast
John Graves Simcoe, the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada. He first considered establishing a garrison in Toronto during the 1790s.
Fort York in 1804. Most of the fort's original structures were renovated or rebuilt at the end of the 18th century.
The American naval squadron exchanges fire with the fort during the Battle of York