In 1793, after the French had left Fort Rouillé (established at the location of a meeting place frequented by the First Nations peoples), John Graves Simcoe sailed by and decided it was a defensible harbor and an ideal location for the new capital of Upper Canada and a town he would name ’York.’.

Originally released by World Life Video Productions, 2013. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 06, 2017.

Toronto's Early History (3:17); .