PDP #28: The Peace Fountain

Toronto may not have a vendetta against its history, but for most of its existence it's sure acted like that. There are few points of real historical significance remaining in the modern city, and most of those can be found within four blocks of the intersection of Yonge and King - so worthy sites elsewhere have had to learn stealth in order to survive.

Toronto's Peace Fountain can be found surrounded by greenery - seasonally permitting - in Amsterdam Park, at the northeast corner of the intersection of St. Clair Avenue West and Avenue Road, and just south of the Korean consulate. It's the sort of site one could walk or drive by dozens of times and never realize the significance. Those are always the greater discoveries, when you finally do stumble into them. It's inscribed with this message:

REPLICA OF THE FOUNTAIN AT THE PEACE PALACE IN THE HAGUE

PRESENTED BY H.H. WILLIAMS ESQUIRE AS A MARK OF HIS LOVE FOR HIS NATIVE CITY

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