Toronto's Historical Plaques
Learn a little of Toronto's history as told through its plaques.
Humberside Collegiate
Walking a couple of blocks north of High Park will bring you to 280 Quebec Avenue, the address of Humberside Collegiate. A 1985 Toronto Historical Board plaque attached to the building tell us this:
Originally named Toronto Junction High School, Humberside Collegiate held its first classes in 1892. Two years later it moved from temporary quarters on Pacific Avenue to a new building on this attractive and spacious site. When the city annexed West Toronto in 1909, the school's name was changed to Humberside. The school's art collection includes a memorial stained glass window and the largest mural ever painted by Arthur Lismer, one of the 'Group of Seven' Painters. Generations of Humbersiders subscribe to its motto: 'Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas' (Happy is one who can discover the causes of things).
Location Co-ordinates: 43.660110 -79.470345
Photo by Alan L Brown - September 2006
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