1918 [City Surveyor]: Military Burying Ground, showing locations of surviving markers

Strachan Avenue Military Burial Ground, 1922
CTA, Fonds 1548, Series 393, Item 17738A

Although the Military Burying Ground west of Fort York at Strachan Avenue was opened only in 1863 -- after Victoria Memorial Square was declared full -- it contained an estimated 150 graves by the time it ceased to be used after the last interment in 1911. While Victoria Memorial Square was dedicated only by Anglican clergy, the Strachan Ave. ground was consecrated by Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops in separate ceremonies. The part north of the east-west transverse path was for Protestant burials; south of the path for Catholic ones. Shortly after this plan was made, the surviving markers were gathered together in a landscaped plot; in 1970 they were moved into the brick wall where they are found today.

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Military Burying Ground: Old Fort, Oct. 5, 1918

City of Toronto Surveyor
Image courtesy Fort York Archives

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