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Toronto was originally used on maps dating to the late 17th and early 18th century to refer to Lake Simcoe and the portage route to it. Eventually, the name was brought down to the mouth of the Humber River, which is where the present City of Toronto is situated.
1 dzień temu · Prior to the arrival of Europeans, a number of First Nations peoples inhabited the site of the present city of Toronto and the surrounding regions. Their seminomadic settlement patterns included using the Toronto Passage—a portage from the mouth of the Humber River to Georgian Bay —as a trade route.
This map illustrates a regional plan of Fort York and the surrounding area, indicating the rapid urbanization taking place and the creation of suburbs outside the City of Toronto. By the 1900s, most of the landform was built up, resulting in minor changes after that.
16 kwi 2024 · European exploration in the Toronto region began in the early 17th century, when French explorers first arrived in the area. In 1615, Étienne Brûlé, a French explorer, is believed to have been the first European to set foot in what is now Toronto.
14 mar 2021 · For ten thousand years native people lived on the site of the city of Toronto. The first European to reach the area was a Frenchman named Etienne Brule in 1615. However, the first European settlement was a French trading fort called built in Fort Rouille in about 1750.
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Map of Toronto with major traffic routes. Also shown are the limits of six former municipalities, which form the current City of Toronto. Toronto encompasses an area formerly administered by several separate municipalities that were amalgamated over the years.
