Orangemen's parade in the late 1860s on king street east

Famous Canadians

  • Timothy Eaton

    Timothy Eaton
    Timothy Eaton was a Canadian businessman. He founded one of the most important retails department stores in Canada called Eaton's. The firstdepartment store opened on younge street and the business grew and was able to offer mail-order catalogue
  • David Ewart

    David Ewart
    David Ewart was a famous Canadian architect who was responsible for construction of many federal government building such as the Royal Canadian Mint, Victoria memorial Building, and connaught building.
  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell
    Alexander Graham Bell was a scientist, engineer and intentor who ivented the first telephone
  • E.D. Smith

    E.D. Smith
    E.D. Smith was a Canadian business man who stared a food company called E.D. Smith and sons Ltd. Today this company is well known for their jams, spreads, marmalacles and more variety of foods.
  • James Naismith

    James Naismith
    James Naismith was a Canadian invnovator and coach. He invented basketball and the original basketball handbook. It was while he was at springfield college that he was given the challenge to invent a new indoor game.
  • Reginald Fessenden

    Reginald Fessenden
    Reginald Fessenden was a famous inventor who experimented with the use of continuous waves and radio. His experimenting lead him to discover television too.
  • Sir Edovard Perry Girouard

    Sir Edovard Perry Girouard
    Sir Edovard Perry Girouard was a Canadian railway builder and he worked on the Canadian Pacefic Railway for 2 years.
  • Colonel Robert McLaughlin

    Colonel Robert McLaughlin
    Colonel Robert McLaughlin was a very influential businessman. He stared McLaughlin motor car co. witch eventually evolved into General motors of Canada. This was one of the first major automobile manufacturer.
  • Thomas F. Ryan

    Thomas F. Ryan
    Thomas F. Ryan was an entrepreneur and a Canadian sportsman it was after customer complaints of the ball was too heavey in 10 pin bowling that he came to invent 5 pin bowling.
  • Max Aitken

    Max Aitken
    Max Aitken was a Canadian bussiness tycoon, politician and writer at age 13 he pulished his fisrt newspaper. As a young man he made a number of successful business deals. He founded the calgary power company and made efforts in the development of the Horseshoe Falls hydro station.