Ontario Veterans’ Memorial
Ontario Veterans' War Memorial is a 30-metre-long granite wall located on the front south lawn of Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The wall was designed by Allan Harding MacKay and landscape architectural firm Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg.Photo: SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: granite wall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Ontario Veterans Memorial”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yonge Street and Yonge-Dundas.
Yonge Street
Photo: GTD Aquitaine, Public domain.
Yonge Street is the main street of Toronto, Canada. It divides the city into east and west streets. Numbering for east-west streets begins at Yonge Street and increases in either direction.
Yonge-Dundas
Photo: Benson Kua, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yonge-Dundas is the very heart of downtown Toronto—in more ways than one. After all, the major arterials of Yonge Street and Dundas Street meet here. The resulting intersection is probably the city's busiest, at least for pedestrians.
Ontario Legislative Building
Public building
Photo: Benson Kua, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ontario Legislative Building is a structure in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It houses the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and the viceregal suite of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and offices for members of the provincial parliament. Ontario Legislative Building is situated 130 metres north of Ontario Veterans’ Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Discovery District and University.
Discovery District
Neighborhood
Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Discovery District is one of the commercial districts in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has a high concentration of hospitals and research institutions, particularly those related to biotechnology.
University
Neighborhood
University is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It comprises the St. George campus of the University of Toronto and some of the surrounding area.
Downtown Toronto
Quarter
Photo: Maksimsokolov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Downtown Toronto is the main city centre of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located entirely within the district of Old Toronto, it is approximately 16.6 square kilometres in area, bordered by Bloor Street to the northeast, a Canadian Pacific Railway line to the northwest, Lake Ontario to the south, the Don Valley to the east, and Bathurst Street to the west.
Ontario Veterans’ Memorial
- Categories: war memorial and historic site
- Location: Old Toronto, Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.66142° or 43° 39′ 41″ northLongitude
-79.39165° or 79° 23′ 30″ westOpen location code
87M2MJ65+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 2020836818OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q7094938
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In Other Languages
“Ontario Veterans’ Memorial” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Ontarion veteraanien muistomerkki”
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