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Thornhill, Ontario. / 43.81611°N 79.42444°W / 43.81611; -79.42444. Thornhill is a suburban district in the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada. The western portion of Thornhill is within the City of Vaughan and its eastern portion is within the City of Markham, with Yonge Street forming the boundary between Vaughan and ...
Thornhill is a suburban district in the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada. The western portion of Thornhill is within the City of Vaughan and its eastern portion is within the City of Markham, with Yonge Street forming the boundary between Vaughan and Markham. Thornhill is situated along the northern border of Toronto, centred on Yonge, and is also immediately south of the City ...
A Walking Tour of Historic Thornhill. The following points of interest will lead you on a self-guided tour through the Heritage District of old Thornhill, which celebrated its bicentennial in 1994. Settlement began when Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe advertised lots on Yonge Street, as it stretched northward from Lake Ontario.
Yonge Street was first developed as a military road by the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe. In 1792, a guide showed Simcoe an aboriginal route connecting Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe from York (Toronto). The trail was surveyed, and by 1793 William Berczy cleared the trail from Toronto to the present site of Thornhill.
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The origins of the Village of Thornhill date back to 1792 when Governor Simcoe explored the area for a suitable road and town site north of York (Toronto). By 1794, a trickle of permanent settlers arrived at the site of Thornhill and began to claim their Crown Grants of 200 acres stretching a quarter of a mile along Yonge Street and backing ...
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Thornhill (album), 1999 Moxy Früvous album. Thornhill was the name of a play that John Cassavetes and others were developing in 1983, about Eugene O'Neill. Thornhill College, Derry, Northern Ireland. Thornhill Academy, Sunderland, England. Thornhill Community Academy, West Yorkshire, England.
