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The main gate to the Canadian National Exhibition.
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Named after Princes Edward and Albert, and was built to celebrate Canada's 60th anniversary of Confederation. It was opened by the princes on August 31, 1927. The statue at the top of the arch is the Goddess of Winged Victory which holds a single maple leaf in her hand. The goddess was replaced in 1987 by a glass-reinforced polymer plastic copy when the original one was found to be seriously deteriorated. There are nine pillars to either side of the main arch, representing the nine Canadian provinces in existence at the time of construction.
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Excerpt from Wikipedia:
Fort Rouillé and Fort Toronto were French trading posts located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Fort Rouillé was named for Antoine Louis Rouillé, who at the time of its establishment around 1750 was Secretary of State for the Navy in the administration of Louis XV. It served as a trading post with the local indigenous peoples.
The fort was abandoned in 1759 due to the turbulence of the Seven Years' War. The remains of the fort were demolished in the 19th century. The fort site is now part of the public lands of Exhibition Place. It is marked by an obelisk, the outline of the fort marked in concrete and several cannon.
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Built in 1907, it was originally the Railway Building. It was designed in the Baroque classical style which was popularized in North America by the World's Columbia Exposition at Chicago of 1893. It was also once the home for the CNE Music Department. In November 2007, it became the CMHC EcoPods and home of the Sustainable Condo Exhibit.
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