Plan 'A' of the area at the northeast corner of Fort York shows the bridge at the foot of Bathurst Street over the rail lines entering the city. It shows also the course of Garrison Creek before it was channeled into sluices and pipes; some of the stables for the fort's horses; and the Great Western Railway's buildings in the more darkly-shaded area on
Walkem's plan of 1856. Clearly, the GWR was crowded and buying even a small parcel of 1.34 acres like this made sense, if it was available.
Plan 'B' is for a second parcel of 1.17 acres north of Fort York and just west of the lands in Plan 'A.'
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Plan of Ordnance Lands Near Old Fort Toronto Proposed to be Purchased by the G.W. Ry. Company - Plan A
Wadsworth & Unwin
Deed of Sale, by Canada to the Great Western Railway Company of Canada, 15 Nov. 1873
ibid. - Plan B
Original copies of Plan 'A" and Plan 'B' are held in the Registration Division of the Dept. of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Ottawa
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1898 Walker: Plan of Part of the Military Reserve . . . applied for by Canadian Pacific Railway Company
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