Castle Frank

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted July, 2007

On this rock cairn on the north side of Bloor Street East just west of the viaduct is a 1954 Don Valley Conservation Authority plaque which says:

Plaque coordinates: 43.674476 -79.366779

The country home of Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada 1791-1796, stood on these heights just south of this site 1794-1829. Named after Francis Gwillim Simcoe, son of Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Simcoe, who died in the year 1812, serving under the Duke of Wellington.

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