Battle of Montgomery's Tavern
1837 in Upper CanadaDecember 1837 eventsHistory of TorontoUpper Canada RebellionUse mdy dates from December 2014
The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern was an incident during the Upper Canada Rebellion in December 1837. The abortive revolutionary insurrection, inspired by William Lyon Mackenzie, was crushed by British authorities and Canadian volunteer units near John Montgomery's tavern on Yonge Street at Eglinton, north of Toronto. The site of Montgomery's Tavern was designated a National Historic Site in 1925 and a historical marker sits at the south-west corner of Yonge Street and Broadway Avenue.
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Yonge Street 2375
M4P 2G5 Old Toronto
Ontario, Canada
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