. London, Ontario, Canada : resources and advantages / prepared by the City 1840-2,000 People m 1913-Over 52,000People KING STREET, EAST FROM RECTORY STREET On March 2, 1792, Governor Simcoesmoked the pipe of peace with the silent,taciturn Mohawks and Onandagas on hisfirst visit to the Forks of the Thames. Recognizing its advantages as the siteof a town he thought to males it a capitalof the newly-formed Province of UpperCanada. His plans and recommendationswere not put into effect, and it was nottill about the year 1826 that the first housewas built near where th3 Grand CentralHotel n
. London, Ontario, Canada : resources and advantages / prepared by the City 1840-2,000 People m 1913-Over 52,000People KING STREET, EAST FROM RECTORY STREET On March 2, 1792, Governor Simcoesmoked the pipe of peace with the silent,taciturn Mohawks and Onandagas on hisfirst visit to the Forks of the Thames. Recognizing its advantages as the siteof a town he thought to males it a capitalof the newly-formed Province of UpperCanada. His plans and recommendationswere not put into effect, and it was nottill about the year 1826 that the first housewas built near where th3 Grand CentralHotel now stands. The business of the district centering inthe mills and stores of Byron then calledthe Westminster Plains. But the superioradvantages of London gradually gain;drecognition, and one after another, the lead-ing traders moved from The Plains toThe Forks, and that period of steadygrowth set in which has continued ever sinceand made London the capital of the Westernpart of the
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