
A quiet-looking King Street, Saint John, NB, circa 1870, Canada from the LAC in Ottawa courtesy Daily Mail article. (ERRATA: Shown as Toronto initially, not Saint John.)
Toronto. Thanks to Trish J who diligently searched the LAC site and discovered this photo is NOT King St TORONTO, but King St SAINT JOHN NB!
Trish J writes, “A photograph of King Street, Saint John NB is mistakenly labelled as King Street, Toronto. The article is “The Way We Were” from Jan. 20, 2023.
“I went to the Library Archives of Canada’s website and did a search for King Street, Saint John, NB and this is the 2nd photo that I hit. It dates from 1867-1873 and is found in box 55016.
“King Street in Toronto is not hilly and it doesn’t run down to the harbour. This mistake had been copied on to Facebook’ vintage Toronto page. Please publish an errata.”
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