Toronto's Historical Plaques
Learn a little of Toronto's history as told through its plaques.
Eglinton Hunt Club - RCAF Institute of Aviation Medicine
Standing at the top of a post here at 1111 Avenue Road just south of Roselawn Avenue is a 1998 Heritage Toronto plaque which tells us about this site:
Surrounded by open fields, this site became home to the Eglinton Hunt Club in 1919. By 1929 the club added stables, arenas - one for indoor polo - and an impressive club house, all designed by architects Vaux and Bryan Chadwick. The Royal Canadian Air Force purchased the site in 1939 where Sir Dr. Frederick G. Banting directed secret research on the physiological effects of combat flying, and where Dr. Wilbur R. Franks created the world's first anti "G" flying suit and the first human centrifuge in the allied countries. During the 1950s and 60s RCAF auxiliary squadrons were based here to defend Toronto during the Cold War. The RCAF Staff School, later the Canadian Forces Staff School, occupied the site from 1960 - 1994, educating over 10,000 military officers prior to closure June 30th, 1994.
Location Co-ordinates: 43.708036 -79.409995
Photo by Alan L Brown - September 2007
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