Elizabeth Simcoe Public School by Dana Shayne Oclares https://padlet.com/danashayneoclares/Bookmarks Info on places in Canada that are named after people and if they should be changed or hold any issue. en-us 2020-11-26 14:21:59 UTC 2023-01-24 16:22:14 UTC hello@padlet.com The History danashayneoclares https://padlet.com/danashayneoclares/Bookmarks/wish/2454895743
  • The school was named after Elizabeth Simcoe the wife of John Graves Simcoe who was a lieutenant-governor.
  • Elizabeth Simcoe made life depicting diaries and illustrations of Upper Canada.
  • Noted similarities between Bold Highlands East Toronto and Scarborough Yorkshire which led to Glasgow being renamed to Scarborough.

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  • Elizabeth Simcoe wasn’t really problematic and was an artist/diarist.
  • Made some illustrations of upper canada
  • The school was named in honour of Elizabeth Simcoe.



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    https://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/north-york-central-blog/2015/07/elizabeth-posthuma-simcoe-1762-1850.html

    School info
    https://www.google.com/maps/place/Elizabeth+Simcoe+Junior+Public+School/@43.7378389,-79.2064461,652m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89d4d0021ea69ac3:0xf27d316ecd19839a!8m2!3d43.7379855!4d-79.206013

    Info on the person
    http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/explore/online/simcoe/index.aspx

    https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/elizabeth-posthuma-simcoe

    http://scarboroughhistorical.ca/local-history/naming-of-scarborough/


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