When Europeans First Arrived At
The Site Of Present-day Toronto
The Vicinity Was Inhabited By
The Iroquois, Who Had Displaced
The Wyandot (Huron) People
Occupants Of
The Region
For Centuries Before C
1500
The Name Toronto
Is Likely Derived From
The Iroquoian Word Tkaronto
Meaning "place Where Trees Stand
In
The Water". This Refers
To
The Northern End Of What
Is Now Lake Simcoe
Where
The Huron Had Planted Tree Saplings
To Corral Fish
However
The Word "Toronto"
Meaning "plenty" Also Appears In
A 1632 French Lexicon Of
The Huron Language
Which
Is Also An Iroquoian Language
It Also Appears
On French Maps Referring
To Various Locations
Including Georgian Bay
Lake Simcoe
And Several Rivers
A Portage Route From Lake Ontario
To Lake Huron Running Through This Point
Known As
The Toronto Carrying-Place Trail
Led
To Widespread Use Of
The Name
In
The 1660s
The Iroquois Established Two Villages Within What
Is Today Toronto
Ganatsekwyagon
On
The Banks Of
The Rouge River
And Teiaiagon
On
The Banks Of
The Humber River
By 1701
The Mississauga Had Displaced
The Iroquois
Who Abandoned
The Toronto Area At
The End Of
The Beaver Wars
With Most Returning
To Their Base
In Present-day New York
In
The 17th Century
The Area Was
A Crucial Link
For Travel
With
The Humber
And Rouge Rivers Providing
A Shortcut
To
The Upper Great Lakes
These Routes Together Were Known As
The Toronto Passage
French Traders Founded Fort Rouill�
In 1750 (the Current Exhibition Grounds Were Later Developed Here)
But Abandoned It
In 1759 During
The Seven Years' War
The British Defeated
The French
And Their Indigenous Allies
In
The War
And
The Area Became Part Of
The British Colony Of Quebec
In 1763
During
The American Revolutionary War
An Influx Of British Settlers Came Here
As United Empire Loyalists Fled For
The British-controlled Lands North Of Lake Ontario
The Crown Granted Them Land
To Compensate
For Their Losses
In
The Thirteen Colonies
The New Province Of Upper Canada Was Being Created
And Needed
A Capital
In 1787
The British Lord Dorchester Arranged For
The Toronto Purchase With
The Mississauga Of
The New Credit First Nation
Thereby Securing More Than
A Quarter Of
A Million Acres (1000 Km2) Of Land
In
The Toronto Area. Dorchester Intended
The Location
To Be Named Toronto
In 1793
Governor John Graves Simcoe Established
The Town Of York
On
The Toronto Purchase Lands
Naming
It After Prince Frederick
Duke Of York
And Albany
Simcoe Decided
To Move
The Upper Canada Capital From Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
To York, Believing
The New Site Would Be Less Vulnerable
To Attack By
The United States
The York Garrison Was Built At
The Entrance Of
The Town's Natural Harbour
Sheltered By
A Long Sand-bar Peninsula
The Town's Settlement Formed At
The Harbour's Eastern End Behind
The Peninsula
Near
The Present-day Intersection Of Parliament Street
And Front Street (in
The "Old Town" Area)
19th Century
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