Yonge Street

The Yonge Street (pronounced like engl. Young ) is a street in the Canadian province of Ontario. It begins as one of the main arteries of the largest Canadian city of Toronto and ends after 1896 kilometers as provincial highway in northern Ontario. Her length has brought an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records on Yonge Street.

Course

The Yonge Street starts right on the shore of Lake Ontario in Toronto. From there it runs north ( the intersection of Ontario Northland and the Polar Bear Express rail lines) and from there gradually to the west, on Thunder Bay on Lake Superior to the city of Cochrane. Then she runs in the direction of the city Rainy River, where it ends at the border of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As Highway 11 extends the Yonge Street officially over 1896 km, however, resulted in some change in the responsibility for the road in the 1990s mean that the actual Yonge Street is now funded municipal and Highway 11 the administration of the province of Ontario is under. Therefore, the Yonge Street now ends in Barrie, with one exception in Bradford, where the road is listed as Bridge Street. All this has led to disputes over the title of " longest street in the world ", as the Yonge Street is officially "only" about 99 km long. The length of Highway 11 is currently 1784 km. In addition, a large part ( about 250 miles) north of Barrie was expanded into a dual carriageway with a slightly altered the course of this.

South of Lawrence Avenue Yonge Street is a four-lane main artery of Toronto, passing through residential and commercial areas with large pedestrian traffic. North of Lawrence Avenue it passes through less densely populated area. Between the Highways Highway 401 and 407 Yonge Street is even extended to a six-lane road.

History

The history of the Yonge Street began as a path of Wyandot. As a result, it took a number of European explorers such as Samuel de Champlain. From 1793 John Graves Simcoe had, the Vice Governor of the British colony of Upper Canada, to expand the path to a military road. He named it after George Yonge, the then British Minister of War. British settlers were given the right to settle down when they committed themselves to contributing to it every year for twelve days and the terrain to clear the road. Also, a German group of settlers, led by William Berczy was involved in the road at times. In the area of the later city of Toronto Yonge Street in 1796 reached up to Bloor Street, but was extended to the shore of Lake Ontario due to the swampy terrain until 1812.

1827 reached the Yonge Street to the north, the Kempenfelt Bay near Barrie. As in the 1850s began the railway construction, the importance of a long cross-country roads took off first. In 1919 the road Ontario Ministry of Yonge Street and extended them in subsequent years by several hundred kilometers. However, the newly built part was designated Highway 11 Since then, wearing only the first 56 km of the route passing through Toronto and York Region, the name of Yonge Street.

Attractions

The Yonge Street runs past numerous attractions in Toronto: This includes numerous performances by street artists, the Eaton Centre, Dundas Square, Hockey Hall of Fame, and at the very beginning of the street, the publishing house of the newspaper Toronto Star. North of Queen Street West which is since 1975 under the Ontario Heritage Act II listed building of the Bank of Toronto. The 1954 Yonge- University - Spadina opened the Toronto Subway Line runs between the stations and King College below the Yonge Street and from there to the terminus Finch parallel to this road.