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James Gardens is a public botanical garden in the Etobicoke district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada along the Humber River. It was a former private estate sold to the City of Toronto and now managed by the Toronto Parks Department.
Etobicoke (/ ɛ ˈ t oʊ b ɪ k oʊ / ⓘ, eh-TOH-bik-oh) is an administrative district and former city within Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Comprising the city's west end, Etobicoke is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the east by the Humber River, on the west by Etobicoke Creek, the cities of Brampton, and Mississauga, the Toronto Pearson International Airport (a small portion of the ...
Centennial Park Conservatory is a conservatory in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] It consists of three greenhouses and 12,000 square feet (1,100 m 2) of plants including a cactus house, a tropical house and a show house which features seasonal displays. It is located in Centennial Park, in the former City of Etobicoke.
Etobicoke Civic Centre; Etobicoke Creek; Etobicoke General Hospital; Etobicoke Hall of Fame; Etobicoke Kangaroos; Etobicoke North (federal electoral district) Etobicoke North (provincial electoral district) Etobicoke West; Etobicoke—Lakeshore (federal electoral district) Etobicoke—Lakeshore (provincial electoral district) Etobicoke—Rexdale
The birthplace of the settlement that would become Toronto and the primary defence for (what was then) York, Upper Canada, the Fort now serves as a museum containing the largest collection of War of 1812 buildings in Canada and many of the oldest buildings in Toronto: Fourth York Post Office [26] [27] 1835 (completed) 1980 Toronto
The Palace Pier is the site of Palace Place and Palace Pier, two cruciform condominium towers tied for the 45th-tallest building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.They are located at 2045 Lake Shore Boulevard West and 1 Palace Pier Court in the Humber Bay neighbourhood in the former city of Etobicoke.
1,000 Places to See in the US and Canada Before You Die (ISBN 0761147381, 2007) is a book written by Patricia Schultz as a follow-up book to 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. The listing below is divided into sections like the book, and each listing appears as it does in the book. Places that are in more than one state are listed in each state.
The name "Etobicoke" was derived from the Mississauga word wah-do-be-kang (wadoopikaang), [2] meaning "place where the alders grow", which was used to describe the area between Etobicoke Creek and the Humber River. The first provincial land surveyor, Augustus Jones, also spelled it as "ato-be-coake". A letter from January 22, 1775 uses ...