Plaque – Toronto
This plaque was erected by the City of Toronto, Culture Division.
Inscription
THE OLD GARRISON BURYING GROUND
1794-1863
The Town of York’s first burying ground lies within this park. Established by the British Army,
the cemetery occupies a 38 by 91 metre rectangle running at a diagonal across the centre of the park. The
first known interment was that of Katherine Simcoe, the 15-month-old daughter of Lieutenant-Governor
John Graves Simcoe and his wife Elizabeth. Many of the known burials were the wives and children of
garrison soldiers. Notable interments include Christopher Robinson (d. 1798), father of Sir John Beverly
Robinson
Captain Neal McNeale, killed in the Battle of York on 27 April, 1813
and Lieutenant Zachariah
Mudge (d. 1831), Private Secretary to Sir John Colborne, whose unexplained suicide shook the colonial
community. The last known burial was that of Private James McQuarrick (d. 1863). Afterwards,
an interim military cemetery opened at the foot of Dufferin Street, which was replaced with
one on Garrison Common to the west of Fort York.
City of Toronto Culture Division
2000
Plaque – Toronto
Cette plaque a été posée par la Division de la culture de la Ville de Toronto.
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.