From 1969 until the late 1980s, Hee Haw was produced by Yongestreet Productions, named after Yonge Street, a major thoroughfare in Toronto.

Yonge Street, named after the Minister of War Sir George Yonge, was built north-south between one of the two portages fur trade routes between Lake Ontario and Lake Simcoe.

Mary Martin told Dylan to visit the group at the Yonge Street club called the Le Coq d ' Or Tavern – though Robbie Robertson recollects it was the Friar's Tavern, just down the street.

The county was named after its county seat, which in turn was named after Geneva, New York which was named after Geneva, Switzerland, by Walter H. Yonge, an early town resident and Swiss native.

19th century author Charlotte Mary Yonge writes that the derivation of Idonae from Idunn is " almost certain ," noting that although Idonae may be " the feminine of the Latin idoneus ( fit ), its absence in the Romance countries may be taken as an indication that it was a mere classicalizing of the northern goddess of the apples of youth.

In 1971, the Toronto Daily Star was renamed The Toronto Star and moved to a modern office tower at One Yonge Street by Queens Quay.

He was a profound influence on a near neighbour, the author Charlotte Mary Yonge.

Hamilton Tire & Garage was sold in 1923 and the Billes brothers moved several times before they settled their site at 639 Yonge Street.

In 1937, Canadian Tire moved into the new Main store at 837 Yonge Street, after completing extensive alterations to what once was the Grand Central Market.

At the time of its creation in the early-1990s, it was housed on the grounds of the former base and subsequently moved ca 1993 to the Place Nouveau office tower at Yonge Street north of Finch Avenue ; this was controversial as the offices of the Area Commander, Major-General Brian Vernon, were lavishly renovated, attracting political criticism and attention from the Auditor General of Canada.

By September 1981, the new plan was draft, with limited development of northern Richmond Hill, industrial development centred in the south-east part of town and commercial centres remaining along Yonge Street.

Much of early York was heavily wooded with the town developed along shoreline of Lake Ontario and up Lot Street or modern day Queen Street ; from the Don River to Yonge Street.

Kilodney could generally be found, and indeed was a fixture, on Yonge Street and at the University Of Toronto downtown campus with a cardboard sign hanging from his neck, holding a book he was selling.

The implementation of an electric street railway along Yonge Street in 1898 towards Kleinburg, Georgina, King and Toronto meant that, for the first time, it was possible for people to reside in Thornhill and work in Toronto.

In 1931, Thornhill became a " Police Village "; before that time, Thornhill had no independent status and was split between the townships of Vaughan and Markham along Yonge Street, since the creation of municipal government in 1850.

The University section of the Yonge line was made into a part-time route until the Spadina subway extension was built.

That same year the Yonge and Bloor branch in Toronto was the first Canadian bank branch to update customer bank books through computer.

The connection north to Lake Simcoe was then made along Yonge Street, constructed after Simcoe followed the eastern branch into Toronto.

* Richmond Hill History-map showing the western arm as it was when Yonge Street was being laid out.

* Seagull on Yonge Street-( 1983 )

In 1880, Mulock purchased a large property on what is now the northwest corner of Mulock Drive and Yonge Street in Newmarket.

A Cenotaph on Yonge Street

Yonge Street through Richmond Hill expanded from two lanes to four in 1971, relieving congestion on what had become known as " Ontario's worst stretch of highway ".

The rebels were instructed to assemble at John Montgomery's tavern on Yonge Street on December 7, and then march into Toronto together.

Charlotte Yonge cleansed questionable passages and the tale took on moral overtones.

The site is bordered on the north by Dundas Street, on the east by Victoria Street, and on the west by Yonge Street.

In 1998, as part of its Yonge Street Regeneration Project, Toronto City Council approved the expropriation and demolition of the buildings on the site and the construction of Yonge-Dundas Square.

A " media tower " – essentially a scaffold for billboards, operated by Clear Channel Communications – has been constructed on the northwest corner of Yonge and Dundas.

The water fountain on the southwest corner ( nearest to Yonge Street ) is known for its large, cool stream of water that flows down the fountain to drains in the ground.

On the other hand, the fountain nearest Yonge street is also near a protrusion in the ground that people like to sit on.

Its first settlers on Yonge Street in Thornhill were Asa Johnson ( who settled on the Vaughan side ) and Nicholas Miller ( who settled on the Markham side ).

The business district of Thornhill developed on its portion of Yonge Street, between Centre Street and John Street.

It crosses Yonge Street as it flows through Hoggs Hollow, past York University's Glendon (" valley of the Don ") campus, and then flows on to Leaside before joining the eastern half.

Only about one third of the exterior is stone, with the rest being a very pale yellow brick produced at a brickyard on Yonge Street.

She was killed in a traffic accident in 1992 ; she was walking on the sidewalk of Yonge Street in Toronto, when a car hit her.

The Eaton Centre is bounded by Yonge Street on the east, Queen Street West on the south, Dundas Street West on the north, and to the west by James Street and Trinity Square.

It is roughly bounded by Gould Street to the south, Yonge Street to the west, Charles Street to the north, and Jarvis Street to the east, with the intersection of Church and Wellesley Streets at the centre of this area.

As a result of his efforts to promote development around Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue, the area unofficially became known as the " new downtown " with many office towers and condos springing up in a formerly suburban area.

* Works of Philo, with notes ( Yonge 1854 / 55 Eng.

WABC personalities included, along with Harrison, Charlie Greer, Scott Muni, Bob Lewis, Lundy, Johnny Donovan, Dan Ingram, " Cousin Brucie " Bruce Morrow, Chuck Leonard, Bob Cruz, Frank Kingston Smith, and Roby Yonge, and others.

A parade of 134 sleighs down Yonge Street, accompanied with bagpipes, celebrated the occasion.

Barely armed with pikes and guns for hunting fowl, they marched from Newmarket down Yonge Street towards Toronto and Montgomery's Tavern.

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

File: Bank_of_Montreal_branch_with_horse_and_carriage. jpg | Beaux-Arts Bank of Montreal building at Yonge and Front Street in Toronto with horse and carriage, now the Hockey Hall of Fame

To mark their rise as significant national institutions, the Dominion Bank moved into a large new head office building at the corner of King and Yonge Streets in Toronto in 1879 and the Toronto Bank followed with another landmark head office at King and Bay Street in 1913.

" William Berczy, co-founder of Toronto, along with his German Pioneers, cleared part of the townsite of York ( Toronto ), erected houses and a magazine, built 15 miles of Yonge street ( Eglinton to Elgin Mills some without shoes ) in addition to 30 miles of roads in Markham township and also cleared 24 miles of the Rouge river waterway for navigation.

She is patron of several organizations dealing with social issues, such as the Abbeyfield House Society, the Hospice Association of Ontario, the Landmine Survivors Network ( later known as Survivor Corps ), the Ontario March of Dimes and the Yonge Street Mission.

By the 20th century, the Eaton's chain owned most of the land bounded by Yonge, Queen, Bay and Dundas streets, with the notable exceptions of Old City Hall and the Church of the Holy Trinity.

The Toronto Eaton Centre, looking south along Yonge Street from Dundas Street ( Toronto ) | Dundas Street, in contrast with the old façade.

Trinity Square, however, lost its public access to Yonge Street, and became a pedestrian-only square with access via Bay Street.

As of the early 2000s, the Eaton Centre's owners have redesigned the mall's Yonge Street façade, bringing it closer to the street and making it more closely resemble an urban shopping district, with stores opening directly onto the street, and presenting a variety of façades to create the perception of an urban streetscape.

The northeast corner ( Yonge and Dundas intersection ) was redesigned, with a number of former tenants — including a Toronto Police Service office — relocated or evicted, to make way for H & M's Canadian flagship store designed by Queen's Quay Architects International Inc.

The pedestrian crosswalk on Queen Street West, just to the west of the intersection with Yonge Street, was for years one of the busiest in Canada, as thousands of shoppers a day comparison shopped between Eaton's and Simpson's.

It is roughly bounded by Gerrard Street to the south, Yonge Street to the west, Charles Street to the north, and Jarvis Street to the east, with the core commercial strip located along Church Street from Wellesley south to Alexander.

The Wellesley subway station on the Yonge – University – Spadina line provides the community with access to Toronto's extensive subway system.

The Esplanade off Yonge St., lined with restaurants, cafés and hotels runs through the middle of the area.

While much of the area still retains a suburban nature, efforts led by former Mayor of North York and Toronto Mel Lastman were made to intensify development in the North York Centre area along Yonge Street between Finch and Sheppard Avenues, coinciding with the path of the Toronto Transit Commission's Yonge subway line.