John Graves Simcoe

founder of Toronto

1791, in the uniform of the Queen’s Rangers
(apparently he combed his hair that way on purpose)

Simcoe’s story

More on the history of Jarvis Collegiate, early Toronto and William and Samuel Jarvis


Benn, Carl, Historic Fort York, 1793-1993, Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc., Toronto, 1993. ISBN 0-920474-79-9