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From Flickr: “Rossin House, York St., s.e. cor. King St W., looking n.e. from York & Wellington Sts.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

In the mid 19th-Century, Rossin House Hotel was one of the most prestigious hotels in Toronto and one of the early city’s tallest structure. Located at the southeast corner of King and York Streets in Toronto, it was originally built in 1856. As this picture shows, it was destroyed by Read More →

From Flickr: “The Great Fire at St. John, New Brunswick, June 20th 1877” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

This lithograph depicts the great fire at St. John, NB, on June 20th, 1877. “The Fire broke out on York Point at half past two P.M. and burned furiously until after midnight, consuming several hundred buildings among which were the Post Office, Custom House, Academy of Music, eleven churches, a Read More →

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