Drury also wrote two local histories, The story of Simcoe County ( 1955 ) and All for a beaver hat: a history of early Simcoe County ( 1959 ).

Elisabeth Simcoe who lived in Quebec city in 1792 for more than a year wrote about the Canadians, "(…) their coats are tied round with a coloured sash.

His book Fighting Men covered the history of the 35th Regiment of Simcoe Foresters from Orillia, Ontario in the context of the First World War.

The Trent River is part of the Trent-Severn Waterway, a canal connecting Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe and then Georgian Bay on Lake Huron.

In 1778, Simcoe, during a foraging expedition opposed by rebel militia, commanded the attack on Judge William Hancock's house, killing 20 American rebels in their sleep and wounding 12 others.

Simcoe was instructed to avoid giving the US reason to mistrust Britain, but at the same time to keep the Native Americans on both sides of the border friendly to Britain.

Simcoe essentially denied the boundary defined in the Treaty of Paris ( 1783 ) on the grounds that the Americans had nullified the treaty.

Dorchester ordered Simcoe to rally the Indians and arm British vessels on the Great Lakes.

Simcoe expelled Americans from a settlement on southern Lake Erie which had threatened British control of the lake.

Simcoe realized that Newark made an unsuitable capital because it was on the United States border and subject to attack.

Simcoe was buried in Wolford Chapel on the Simcoe family estate near Honiton, Devon.

* Simcoe Hall, located on the St. George campus of the University of Toronto

The town was originally founded in 1885 by Indian Postmaster Alexander McCredy as a railroad stop on the Northern Pacific Railroad as Simcoe, Washington.

The town was on the Mt Adams Highway ( an overland road between Yakima and The Dalles beginning in the 1850s ) between Union Gap and Fort Simcoe.

The Wendat historic territory was bordered on three sides by the waters of Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe.

After the American Revolution, John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, invited pacifists from the former American Colonies, including Mennonites and German Baptist Brethren to settle in British North American territory on the promise of exception from military service and the swearing of judicial oaths.

The city of Orillia is located on the shores of two connected lakes: Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching.

Etobicoke was finally adopted as the official name in 1795 on the direction of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe.

It was noted that on that date in 1854, the 35th birthday of Queen Victoria, some 5, 000 residents of Canada West gathered in front of Government House ( near present day King and Simcoe Streets in Toronto ) to " give cheers to their queen.

The town was established in 1793 by Governor John Graves Simcoe, with a new ' Fort York ' on the site of the last French ' Fort Toronto '.

York became the capital of Upper Canada on February 1, 1796, the year Governor Simcoe returned to Britain and was temporarily replaced by Peter Russell.

Renamed Newark by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe in 1792, he made it the first capital of Upper Canada ( now the province of Ontario ), The first provincial parliament was convened at the Navy Hall on September 17, 1792.

It consists of a series of maple leaf-like stars imbedded in 13 designated blocks ' worth of sidewalks in Toronto, located in front of Roy Thomson Hall, The Princess of Wales Theatre, and The Royal Alexandra Theatre on King Street as well as Simcoe Street.

The town of Georgina lies along the entire south shore of Lake Simcoe and consists smaller residential towns and communities, including Keswick on Cook's Bay, Sutton, Jackson's Point, Pefferlaw, and Udora.

Kempenfelt Bay on Lake Simcoe in Ontario is named for him.

The school began teaching in the original Royal Grammar School ; however, within a year it was established on its own campus, known as Russell Square, at the corner of King and Simcoe Streets, to which Colborne brought Cambridge and Oxford educated men from the United Kingdom, attracting them with high salaries.

Simcoe was appointed lieutenant governor and made plans to move to Upper Canada with his wife Elizabeth and daughter Sophia, leaving three daughters behind with their aunt.

* Simcoe Street and John Street in downtown Toronto, along with Simcoe Place ( office tower ) in downtown Toronto, are all located near the fort where Simcoe lived during his early years in York.

There are two places named for Simcoe with the title Lord, but Simcoe was not made a Lord in his lifetime.

In response to persistent confusion with nearby Fort Simcoe, the town changed its name to Wapato in 1903.

He was friends with John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada.

Its eastern border is shared with Durham Region, to the west is Peel Region, and Simcoe County is to the northwest.

While Sir Guy Carleton lieutenant governor of Lower Canada pointed out that the offices were intended to be separate, Lord Grenville set the wheels in motion with John Graves Simcoe lieutenant governor of Upper Canada by pointing out that there was no legal impediment to prevent cross-appointments.

The Free Press has one of the few printing presses in southern Ontario and it prints several papers for Sun Media newspapers in the area, including the Chatham Daily News, the Sarnia Observer, the Simcoe Reformer, the St. Thomas Times-Journal, the Stratford Beacon Herald, the Woodstock Sentinel-Review and the Londoner, along with the Free Press.

Stagecoaches travelled between Holland Landing ( Lake Simcoe ) and York ( Toronto ) as Yonge Street's road conditions improved with new stonework.

The Toronto Carrying-Place Trail, also known as the Humber Portage and the Toronto Passage, was a major portage route in Ontario, Canada, linking Lake Ontario with Lake Simcoe and the northern Great Lakes.

The main campus is in London, Ontario, with additional campuses in Simcoe, St. Thomas, Woodstock, and Tillsonburg.

His best friend in the NHL is Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Dwayne Roloson, with whom he grew up playing hockey in Simcoe, Ontario.

This served to increase hostility with other native groups, especially their traditional enemy, the Huron, an Iroquoian tribe in New France near Lake Simcoe.

Tourism also plays a role ; the Trent-Severn Waterway connects with Lake Simcoe a few kilometres north of Beaverton and the area attracts cottagers from other regions of the Province.

M. Rousseau was living at his ' Rousseau House ' when John Graves Simcoe arrived with Toronto's first settlers and the French Fur Trader guided the new Governor's ship into Toronto Bay ( now Toronto's Harbour ).

During World War I, he was an officer with " C " Company 157th Battalion ( Simcoe Foresters ), CEF, and served with the 20th Battalion, Queen's York Rangers in France and Belgium.

Sketches by Lady Simcoe ( wife of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe ) and deputy postmaster George Heriot each show a bridge consisting of pilings driven into the river with a wooden deck.