HIS395H5 Lecture Notes - Railway Age, Protestantism, Responsible Government
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From beginning, little expansion to east b/c of rivers (channelized in 1890s) area was swampy so not attractive place to people to live so expanded to west: front st. was attractive and merchants set up there. Decided to set up another fort, put up military fort and expanded further west (peter to garison st. ) After 1830s park lots began to be sold/subplot and developed north of queen st. (?) 1840s, spadina going past bloor, on college ave. , was going to be where kings college was to be built but didn"t happen: present day known as university ave. Waterfront is still natural, still like that. 30s wharfs built for ships to unload etc. 3 roads to west, younge and dundas still here today and built by queen"s ____ In 1830s/40s roads not well surfaced, stagecoaches running on them by 1840: easiest way to get by was by boat.
