King Street West: Downtown Toronto

Downtown Victoria Dept: TORONTO - Horse-drawn carriages parade down a quaint and unpaved Government Street in downtown Victoria. Fishing canoes rest undisturbed on the marshy banks of the Red River in Winnipeg. A sleepy, muddy King Street West sits empty in downtown Toronto, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The original black and white photographs taken in the mid-to-late 1800s and early 1900s, have been scanned and posted on the photo-sharing site Flickr and big Cod Fish from the trap is shown at Battle Harbour, Labrador, 1910. The larger fish measured 5ft. 5in., and weighed 60lbs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, The National Archives UK These historical snapshots of colonial-era Canada are part of a collection of hundreds of photos released by Britain's National Archives to mark this year's Canada Day. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.