Braithwaite, Dennis. “Hacked out by Simcoe Yonge still remains ‘York’s’
Main Street.” In Toronto Daily Star, Oct. 19, 1954, p.35. Illus.
“Yonge St. has seen many things since it was first surveyed by
Augustus Jones in 1793, and opened two years later. One of the most
important historical incidents which took place on the famous route
was march of rebels on Toronto in 1837.”