Toronto, 1851

This topographical plan of the city a mere 18 years after its incorporation shows the prominent buildings of the day in the border: Anglican and Presbyterian churches, the Bank of Upper Canada — in league with the elite Family Compact — and the infamous “Provincial Lunatic Asylum” — then one year old — at 999 Queen St. W. The plan is courtesy of the Scottish-born Canadian engineer and surveyor Sir Sandford Fleming.