The Long and Fascinating History of Toronto’s Yonge Street

A horse-drawn streetcar on Yonge Street, between King Street and Queen Street, in 1890. Public Domain

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Toronto’s Yonge Street was once fabled as the longest street in the world. Though that boast is not now considered accurate by the Guinness Book of World Records (the title may actually be held by the city’s Bathurst Street), Yonge Street has a long and fascinating history.