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Montcrest School HMS Sir Issac Brock being built in York Both sides engaged in building freshwater fleets in an effort to gain naval supremacy in Lake Ontario York the capital of Upper Canada stood on the north shore of Lake Ontario During the War of 1812 the lake was both the front line between Upper Canada and the United States and served as the principal British supply line from Quebec to the various forces and outposts to the west At the start of the war the British had a small naval force the Provincial Marine with which they seized control of the Lake Ontario and Lake Erie This was made it possible because of Major General Isaac Brock who led British forces in Upper Canada to several important victories in 1812 by shifting his small force rapidly between threatened points to defeat disjointed American attacks individually The United States Navy appointed Commodore Isaac Chauncey to regain control of the lakes He created a squadron of fighting ships at Sackett's Harbor New York by purchasing and arming several lake schooners and laying down new purpose-built fighting vessels However no decisive action was possible before the onset of winter during which the ships of both sides were confined to harbour by ice to match Chauncey's shipbuilding efforts the British laid down the sloop of war Wolfe at Kingston; and HMS Sir Isaac Brock at York Naval Shipyards Prelude. . . Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory History The rest of the city is primarily served by a network of about 150 bus routes many of them forming a grid along main streets and all of them (except for routes 99 and 171 both of which connect to bus garages and 176 Mimico GO which serves Mimico GO Station) connecting to one or more subway stations a more distinctive feature of the TTC is the streetcar system one of the few remaining in North America with a substantial amount of in-street operation the city of Toronto has the largest streetcar system in the Americas Most of the eleven streetcar routes are concentrated in the downtown core and all connect to the subway the TTC also operates a night bus service called the Blue Night Network Four routes of the Blue Night Network are operated using streetcars as well A southbound GO train on the Kitchener line GO Transit is a regional public transit system that services the Greater Toronto Area Commuter rail and buses. . .

Toronto is also home to a number of private/independent elementary secondary and university-preparatory schools including:. .