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Image shows a map of Esplanade Street.
Plan of Esplanade St., shewing railway tracks & obstructions, also proposed extension of Esplanade 40 or 60 ft. to the south, for street purposes
Image shows a map of Esplanade Street.

Plan of Esplanade St., shewing railway tracks & obstructions, also proposed extension of Esplanade 40 or 60 ft. to the south, for street purposes

Date1884
Names
(lithographer)
FormatMap
Notes
Shows names of wharves
Subject
    GeographyBuilding Monument ParkToronto Harbour
    GeographyGeographical FeatureLake Ontario
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodRailway Lands
    St. Lawrence
    Harbour
    GeographyEast-west streetEsplanade
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Plans (maps)
    Medium
    Land use maps
    Dimensions34 cm x 119 cm (13 3/8 in. x 46 7/8 in.)
    Scale1 inch = 200 feet
    Language
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberT-1884-2-SMALL
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      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      1952
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      Turner, Loftus
      1853
      Image shows four adults and two children posing for a photo outside the house.
      Martin, Edward, house, Yonge Street, east side, between Price Street & Shaftesbury Avenue, just south of railway tracks, Toronto, Ontario
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      1904-04
      Map of Upper Canada shewing the proposed routes of rail roads for the purpose of extending the trade of the province
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      John Smyth (Toronto, Ont.)
      1837
      T.T.C, George St. yard, George St., west side, between Esplanade & Front Street East looking south from Front St
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      1953
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      Ritchie, Don
      1967
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      J. Bruce, Secretary, Pro Te
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