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Queen's Park, Toronto

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted January, 2011

At the very southern end of Queen's Park stands this Ontario Heritage Trust plaque unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on July 6, 2010. Here's what it says:

Coordinates: 43.660809 -79.391000

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Officially opened by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) during the Royal Tour of 1860, Queen's Park is an early example of the public park movement in Canada. Landscaped according to a picturesque design, its sweeping drives curved past maple, oak, elm and white pine, while Taddle Creek ravine and McCaul's Pond formed the park's western boundary. Located to the northwest of the city, visitors gained access to the park through two gated, tree-lined avenues, one leading west from Yonge Street (today's College Street) and the other leading north from Queen Street (today's University Avenue). The legislative building, opened in 1893, brought a new public purpose to the park and significantly altered the original landscaping of its southern grounds. By then, the city encircled the park.

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Welcome to Queen's Park
Queen's Park
Queen's Park
Taddle Creek

More Plaques in Queen's Park
Honourable George Brown 1818-1880
King's College
Lieutenant-General John Graves Simcoe 1752-1806
Lieutenant-General John Graves Simcoe 1752-1806
The Loyalists in Upper Canada
The Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion (1937-1938)
Queen's Park
Queen's Park
Robert Baldwin 1804-1858
The Royal Tour of 1939
Sir Gordon Drummond 1771-1854
Sir James Pliny Whitney
Sir John A. Macdonald 1815-1891
Sir Oliver Mowat 1820-1903
Welcome to Queen's Park
William Lyon Mackenzie 1795-1861

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