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In Toronto, and in Ontario generally, there are many references and connections to be found with Lt. Gov. Simcoe's Governship. The spine road at Toronto, Yonge Street, which goes North towards Lake Huron, and Dundas Street, which goes West to avoid portage at Niagara Falls, were his first strategic plans after deciding that Toronto was a less vulnerable base than 'Newark', now Niagara-on-the Lake.
London, Ontario, was the site he planned to be capital of the new province, but compromise was made eventually, choosing Toronto, after his time.
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Statue of Lt. Gov. Simcoe in Toronto City Centre, marking the founding of the City on 30th July, 1793
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Relief carving of Lt. Gov. Simcoe and his wife Elizabeth at Niagara-on-the-Lake. It is near the building which encloses the remains of Navy Hall, the log building which housed the first legislature, July 1792. The nearby tree-shaded waterfront area is Somcoe Park.
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Queenston Landing, where the River Niagara emerges from its 14 mile gorge below the Falls. On seeing this view Elizabeth recorded that she had a pang of nostalgia for Symonds Yat, the famous beauty spot close to Whitchurch, Herefordshire, where the River Wye enters its gorge.
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