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ID: 7013284
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Record Type: administrative |
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Toronto (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 42 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.7000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 079 25 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -79.4167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on NW shore of Lake Ontario; pillaged twice by American forces during War of 1812; lower section of city ruined by fire 1904; products include electrical equipment, agricultural machinery, and aircraft; site of annual Canadian National Exhibition. |
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| Toronto (preferred,C,V)
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| York (H,V)
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............ | founded by Loyalists from New England 1793 |
| Fort Rouillé (H,V)
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............ | name of French trading post founded ca. 1750 |
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Toronto (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as French trading post 1750, settled by British Loyalists 1793 |
| city (C) |
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charter given 1834 |
| provincial capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| financial center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Upper Canada, 1797; of Canada (reinstated), 1855-1859; of Canada, 1849-1851; of the province of Ontario, 1867-present |
| fort (H) |
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