This is a view of a British Soldier in dress uniform taken in January of 1970.  The soldier is portrayed by Jim Peters.

 The Parliament Mace.

 I did not know about Brigadier-General John A. McGinnis that he passed away in February of 1999.  I didn't know him well, but I remember driving him in his Ford LTD along with another dignitary.  I can't remember who it was, but we were stuck in traffic along Queen Street and he suggested we go to Adelaide as it is a one way street.  That is all that I can recall. 

 

Fort York Guard, Cleaning muskets in East Block House before restoration. 

Lt. Governor Keiller Mackay:  Lt. Governor's Investiture 1961

East Magazine.

Tour ending at the CANTEEN. 

Looking west to Stone Magazine and Soldiers Barracks (Canteen and Orientation Room).  Centre Blockhouse in foreground.

Fort York Guard on Sentry Duty.

Sally Port Cannon in foreground.  Fort York Guard with Bronze 9 pounder and part of Centre Blockhouse in the background.

Fort York Guard with RCMP Officers.

 

Firing of cannon.  Is that Carl Benn on the left?  And Barry Sandler to the right?

Fort York Guards firing the south west 24 pounder.  

I'm not sure when this was taken.

Fort York Guard taking a rest.

A city politician?  

Fort York Guard with Col McGuiness  in background.

Looking east to the Blue Barracks with Monument in the foreground, and skyline in the distance.

South Bedroom, Senior Officers' Quarters.

Exterior Officers' Mess, Fort York.

This looks like the Main Magazine.  However this has a different entrance.  

Centre Blockhouse on left.

East Blockhouse, winter scene from south, looking up towards east blockhouse.  January 1970 for Integrated Studies Course.  Source: Mr. Bocking, Teaching Aids Dept., Toronto Board of Education, 155 College Street, Toronto.

Battle of Queenston Heights, by J.D. Kelly.  

Fort York Guard 

Fort York Guard 

East Blockhouse, Firing Bench & Musket Slites, view showing Andrew Carroll firing a musket through a firing slit on the lower floor.  January 1970.

FESTIVAL OF THE FORT  May 1962

An Officer, (Jim Peters) sitting at a table reading. Clock and fireplace in the background in the Officers' Quarters games room.  January 1970.

1973

Saturday July 21, 1973

The Fort York Guard fires a salute with muskets at the wedding of Lois Jessup and Charles Gary Durie.  He was a sergeant in 1972.

LETTERS

When I was giving the school tours, myself and other guards used to get letters from the students who visited the Fort.  It was very satisfying to receive these letters and knowing the students were delighted in our tours and visiting the Fort.  I actually remember when I visited the Fort, Andy Carroll was our tour guide!  

FESTIVAL OF THE FORT May 1962

There was a festival at the Fort in May of 1962.

I see the smoke stakes from the lead factory.  I remember breathing in the lead and tasting it during the 1970's when I was a guard.

Quite a good crowd.

I'm not sure what was going on here.  Maybe getting water from the well?

Boiling Syrup.

Frontiersmen firing muskets for the crowd.

Log hewing. 

Tasting food cooked in the kitchen.

Barrel making.  Pete Milligan, Crouper.

1961

Lt. Governor Keiller MacKay and Col. J.A. McGinnis with the Fort York Guard laying wreath on Monument during Lt. Governor's Investiture, 1961.

John Keiller MacKay was the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, 30 December 1957 to 01 May 1963.