Historic Fort York 1793-1993 Canadian History Through images

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Historic Fort York 1793-1993 Canadian History Through imagesFearing an American invasion of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe had Fort York built in 1793 as an emergency defensive measure. That act became the first step in the founding of modern Toronto. Twenty years later, the Fort was the scene of the bloody Battle of York in which the famous American explorer, Zebulon Pike, died leading U. S. forces against the Forts outnumbered Canadian, British and Aboriginal defenders. The Americans won this battle their