Photograph of Lt. Colonel George Taylor Denison’s home, Belle Vue

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Photograph of Lt. Colonel George Taylor Denison’s home, Belle Vue, where the Kiever now stands in its stead, c. 1880s.

Denison served in Upper Canada’s military during the first half of the nineteenth century. He inherited his wealth from his father, John Denison, and his wives. The Belle Vue estate encompassed the area that is now bounded by Queen, Lippincott, Bloor, and Augusta. The estate included a farm and an orchard. The path that led up to the house is now Denison Avenue. One of George Denison’s sons, Robert, inherited the estate after his father’s death in 1853, and sold it in 1889. The house was demolished in 1890.

Archives of Ontario, F 1009, S. 1305.