200 Years at St. John's York Mills: The Oldest Church in Toronto

by Scott Kennedy and Jeanne Hopkins

The history of the oldest parish church in the Toronto area is also the history of North Toronto and a changing culture.

The War of 1812 was barely over when the people of York Mills felled the trees that would become the first St. John's Anglican Church. Built in 1816 on land donated by pioneer settlers Joseph and Catherine Shepard, the little log church was the first outpost of St. James Church in the Town of York and the first parish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 145973758X
• ISBN13: 9781459737587
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 8.0"