Toronto's first mayor William Lyon Mackenzie, a reformer, persisted in his efforts to reform Upper Canada, culminating in his organization of a rebellion in 1837. The original Manor house was constructed in 1568 for Sir Thomas Eynns, the Secretary and Keeper of the Seal to the Council of the North; and his wife Elizabeth.[42]. Other parts of the campus support a large rabbit population. The settlement was renamed when Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe called for the town to be named after the Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. The proliferation of shops and restaurants derived from cultures around the world makes the city one of the most exciting places in the world to visit. The French first set up trading posts in the area, including Fort Rouillé in 1720, which they abandoned as the British conquered French North America in the Seven Year's War. In June, 1777, the New York Colony elected its first governor, George Clinton. Bill Rawling, "Technology and Innovation in the Toronto Police Force, 1875–1925". The ethnic diversity grew and saw the development of enclaves such as Little Italy, Little Portugal and two new Chinatowns. Another agreement would be made in 1805, but this agreement too fell into dispute and was only eventually settled two centuries later in 2010 for CA$145 million. In the resulting pandemonium, the two sides agreed that they would hold a second meeting the next day. [29] It would not be until the 20th Century that Toronto would have its first Catholic mayor. [4] Many of their archaeological remains lie in present-day Lake Ontario, with the historic coastline of Lake Iroquois situated 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Toronto during this period. R. D. Gidney, and W. P. J. Millar, "The Reorientation of Medical Education in Late Nineteenth-Century Ontario: The Proprietary Medical Schools and the Founding of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto". Entrepreneurship was exemplified by the career of John Northway (1848–1926). [2] It has also been speculated that the name origin is the Seneca word Giyando, meaning "on the other side", which was the place where the Humber River narrows at the foot of the pass to the village of Teiaiagon. [72], On March 23, 2020, a state of emergency was declared in Toronto by mayor John Tory, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto. The area presently comprising Toronto was also ceded to the British, with the area forming a part of the Pays d'en Haut region of New France. In 1954, the original stretch of the subway was completed from Union to Eglinton stations on the Yonge line (later numbered as Line 1). The hall was not re-occupied by the family after the war. Power was not restored for more than 12 hours; in some isolated pockets, not for up to three days. Cultural institutions including the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Royal Ontario Museum have had their buildings renovated. The second campus, Campus East, opened in 2009[9] and now hosts three colleges and three departments as well as conference spaces, a sports village and a business start-up 'incubator'. They were dissolved by an act of the Government of Ontario, and formed into a single-tier City of Toronto (colloquially dubbed the "megacity") replacing all six governments.