Name of Toronto
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title:
Name of Toronto
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The name of Toronto has a history distinct from that of the city itself. Originally, the term "Tkaronto" referred to a channel of water between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching on maps as early as 1675 but in time the name passed southward, and was eventually applied to a new fort at the mouth of the Humber River. Fort Toronto was the first European settlement in the area, and lent its name to what became the city of Toronto. John Graves Simcoe identified the area as a strategic location to base
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Name of Canada's largest city, used for other, sometimes distant places in the past
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Toronto
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2024-04-26T19:04:25Z
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