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About Maps: An Overview of Map Makers & Map Types, by Joan Winearls
The Military Reserve
- 1791 Jones: An Accurate Plan of a Survey of the River Trent, North [Shore] of Lake Ontario to Toronto [Detail]
- 1793 Aitken: Plan of York Harbour Surveyed by Order of Lt. Gov. Simcoe
- 1813 Williams: Sketch of the ground in advance of and including York, Upper Canada
- 1817 Smith: Plan of York, U.C.
- 1818 Phillpotts: Plan of York
- 1827 Walpole & Phillpotts Sketch of the Military Reserve at York shewing the position [...] of the Government Buildings
- 1833 Bonnycastle: No. 1 Plan of the Town and Harbour of York
- 1834 Chewett: City of Toronto and Liberties
- 1846 Gray: Toronto, C.W. Sketch shewing the Harbour, and Ordnance Property with the Encroachments...
- 1848 Howard: Plan for the Western Park
- 1851 Fleming: Topographical plan of the city of Toronto, in the province of Canada, from actual survey
- 1852 Fleming/Wilkinson/Walker: Verification Plan shewing the Boundaries as marked on the ground of the Military Reserves belonging to the Ordnance in the City of Toronto, County and Township of York, Canada West
- 1853 Pilkington: Toronto. Rough Sketch showing tinted Green the portion of the Military Reserve leased to the Corporation [...]
- 1856 Dennis & Boulton: 'Plan of the Proposed Improvements on Part of the Ordnance Reserve
- 1862 Dennis: Plan of the Ordnance Reserve at Toronto Canada
‘Old’ Fort York
- 1793 Elizabeth Simcoe: Sketch of the Winter Camp for the Queen’s Rangers
- 1797 Bouchette: Plan of York Harbour
- 1813 Williams: Sketch of the Ground in advance of and including York, Upper Canada & 1814 Williams: Plan of the Town and Harbour of York
- 1815 Van Cortland: Government Buildings at York
- 1816 Nicolls & Duberger: Plan of the Fort at York Upper Canada
- 1842 Biscoe: Plan of Fort
- 1846 Gray: Toronto, C.W. Sketch shewing the Harbour, and Ordnance Property with the Encroachments...
- 1870 Wily: Toronto Old Fort/Toronto New Barracks
- [1884, 1894, 1903, 1913, 1924] Goad: Atlas of the City of Toronto, Plate 19
- 1905 Staples: Proposed New Street Railway Route ... through the Old Fort
- 1906 Unwin: Plan Shewing Exhibition Park and Garrison Commons, Toronto
- 1918 [City Surveyor]: Military Burying Ground, showing locations of surviving markers
- 1921 Toronto Harbour Commission: Plan of Old Fort Showing Present Conditions and Location of Original Buildings
- 1958 Globe: Invade Old Fort—Proposed alignment of Gardiner Expressway & Parker (Star): New Plans for Gardiner Expressway
- 2003 Toronto Works & Emergency Services: Fort York National Historic Site
- 2012 DTAH/Wyma: Fort York National Historic Site Rehabilitation—Concept Site Plan
- 2014 DTAH: Fort York Parks and Open Space Network
The ‘New’ Fort (Stanley Barracks)
- 1827 Phillpotts, Durnford & Wright: Plan of a Pentagonal Fort containing a casemated Fortified Barrack for 200 Men proposed to be constructed at York U.C.
- (Oct.) 1833 Bonnycastle: No. 2 Plan of Comparison shewing ... the site of the new Barrack...
- (Dec.) 1833 Nicolls/Bonnycastle: No. 3. Plan and Sections of the New Work proposed to be erected on the Military Reserve farther to the westward for the defence of the entrance of the York Harbour
- 1841 Biscoe: No. 1. New Barrack Establishment, Toronto, as completed
- 1846 Gray: Toronto, C.W. Sketch shewing the Harbour, and Ordnance Property with the Encroachments...
- 1870 Wily: Toronto Old Fort/Toronto New Barracks
- 1894 Buchan: General Plan of Stanley Barracks, Toronto
- 1915 Burden: Stanley Barracks, Toronto
- 2011 NORR Architects/Stephen B Jacobs Group: Hotel X Ground Floor Plan
East of Garrison Creek
- 1831 Chewett: Plan of Survey of the Lands for Lease adjacent to the York Garrison in the Township of York Home District
- 1833 Bonnycastle: No. 2 Plan of Comparison shewing ... the site of the new Barrack ... means shall be furnished from the Sale of that part of the Military Reserve given up for the improvement of the Town
- 1834 HWJ Bonnycastle/Tazewell: City of Toronto
- 1836 Bonnycastle/Nicolls: Copy of Final Approved Plan By Command — Government House Reserve
- 1837 Hawkins: Toronto Military Reserve [with & without names of lot owners]
- 1852 Fleming/Wilkinson/Walker: Boundary Plan . . . of the Military Reserve [Detail]
- ca.1854 Cumberland & Storm: Proposed Alterations . . . to 'Lyndhurst' villa residence of F. Widder, Esq.
- 1856 Dennis: Plan of the Subdivision of Lots 14 & 15 Wellington Place and 5 Ontario Terrace of Section A in the Original Survey of the Garrison Reserve at Toronto [Draper St.]
- 1884 Unwin, Browne & Sankey: Plan of the old Military Burying Ground Victoria Square, Toronto
- 1889 Hering & Gray: Plan of the City of Toronto, Proposed Intercepting Sewers and Outfall; plus supplementary 1956 Garrison Creek Sewer System
- 1923 City Parks Dept: Plan [of] Clarence Square
- 2012 The Planning Partnership: Victoria Memorial Square Update Plan
The Lunatic Asylum
- ca. 1847 Howard: Plan of the Principal Story - Provincial Lunatic Asylum
- 1852 Fleming: Plan of ordnance lands [detail] - Lunatic Asylum
- 1863 Tully: Provincial Lunatic Asylum - Plan of the Grounds
- 1889 Important Sale - Freehold Property
- 1891 Map of the Lunatic Asylum Toronto
- 1968 Somerville, McMurrich & Oxley: Master Plan—Queen Street Mental Health Centre & 2012 CAMH—Queen St. Site Map
The Exhibition Grounds
- 1858 Ellis: Map of the City of Toronto, Canada West
- 1872 Wadsworth & Unwin: Map of the City of Toronto (with manuscript additions shewing real estate exemptions from taxation, 1878)
- [1884, 1894, 1903, 1913, 1924] Goad: Atlas of the City of Toronto, Plate 20
- 1889: Exhibition Grounds Bird’s Eye View
- 1906 Unwin: Plan Shewing Exhibition Park and Garrison Commons, Toronto
- [1906, 1921, 1928, 1940, 1953, 1963, 1974, 1985, 1994, 2012] Anon: Map of the Canadian National Exhibition Grounds
- 1995 Archaeological Services Inc.: Composite map of the New Fort, circa 1840-1950 within the context of the CNE grounds
Wharves and Waterfront
- 1833 Bonnycastle: No.2 Plan of Comparison [. . . ] - ‘Pier now erecting by the Provincial Government’
- 1846 Howard: Chart of the North Shore of Toronto Harbour, and Plan of the Wharves and Storehouses, &c &c & 1846 Howard: Toronto Harbour
- 1851 Gordon: Toronto Plan to Accompany the Returns called for by Board’s Order
- 1852 Howard: Sketch of a design for laying out the North Shore of the Toronto Harbour in pleasure drives, walks and shrubbery for the recreation of the Citizens
- 1853 Scobie: General Plan of Arrangements for Railway Termini for the City of Toronto with Provision for Public Walks
- 1855 Gordon: Sketch of the Old Fort showing in yellow the ground taken and filled by the Grand Trunk Railway Company . . . complained of by Doctor Hallowell
- 1859: Plan showing the line of the Grand Trunk Railway in the City of Toronto [Wharves]
- 1862 Turner: Sketch of Toronto Harbour showing the Entrance Channels, soundings position of the Batteries etc.
- 1872 Moberly: Plan Showing the Present and Proposed Docks at Toronto
- 1912 Olmsted/Toronto Harbor Commissioners Engineering Department: Waterfront Development [Detail]
- 1940 Tvedte: Camp Little Norway
The Railways
- 1851 Howard: Survey of Garrison Creek
- 1856 Walkem: Plan Showing [lands] taken by the Toronto & Hamilton (now Great Western) Railway
- 1856 Ord: Plan Shewing Terminus Forming by the Grand Trunk Rail Road Company
- 1857 Fleming Ridout & Schreiber: Plan of the City of Toronto
- 1859 [Plan showing the line of the Grand Trunk Railway in the City of Toronto][Detail]
- 1872-3 Wadsworth & Unwin: Plans of Ordnance Lands . . . Proposed to be Purchased by the G.W. Ry. Company
- 1898 Walker: Plan of Part of the Military Reserve . . . applied for by Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- 1945 Toronto Terminals Railway: Toronto Viaduct - Plan of Trackage between Don Station & Bathurst Jct AS CONSTRUCTED
Liberty Village
- [1884, 1894, 1903, 1913, 1924] Goad: Atlas of the City of Toronto, Plate 21
- [1884, 1894, 1903, 1913, 1924] Goad: Atlas of the City of Toronto, Plate 20 - Liberty Village
Aerial Photographs
- 1919 Canadian Postcard Company: Canadian National Exhibition from the Air
- 1926 Fairchild: Aerial Views of Fort York and Clarence Square
- 1947 City of Toronto: Regional Plan—Fort York and Surrounding Area
- 1954/55: Lakeshore Blvd. West at Bathurst Street
- [1957, 1962, 1971, 1983, 1992] Aerial Photographs
- 1994 Waterfront Regeneration Trust: Fort York and Surrounding Neighbourhood
- 2012 Stewart: Fort York National Historic Site showing The Encampment
- Contemporary Satellite & Aerial Imagery
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