Mohawk and Seneca Set Right by the Aid of a Learned Colonial Governor, T. Pownall: A Paper Read April 3, 1894, Before the Pioneer and Historical Society of the County of York, Ontario
Excerpt from Mohawk and Seneca Set Right by the Aid of a Learned Colonial Governor, T. Pownall: A Paper Read April 3, 1894, Before the Pioneer and Historical Society of the County of York, Ontario, by the Rev. Henry Scadding, D.D
Monument to mark the exact Site of the Old French Fort, at Toronto.
On the last day of the semi-centennial celebration at Toronto, in 1884, the foundation of a Memorial Column or Shaft, after a design by the architects, Messrs. Langley Burke, to mark the exact site of The Old French Fort, or Trading Post, established at Toronto in 1749, was laid by His Honour the lieutenant-governor of Ontario, in the presence of the Worshipful the Mayor of the City, A. W. Boswell, Esq, and a large concourse of spectators assembled from the surrounding country and from the United States The custody of the begun structure was at the same time formally accepted by the Mayor in the name of the City.