Yesterday I had a good time with the teacher Joseph, and 8 classmates, when I went to the St. Lawrence Market and the Cathedral St James. In St. Lawrence Market we saw a presentation about the history of Toronto. John Graves founded the Town of York in 1793, where there lived only 200 people. Lake Ontario was very near and it was possible to fish there. In 1812, the population was 800. In 1834, the name changed to Toronto and it became a city, and had a population of over than 9000. The first City Hall of Toronto was built in 1845, and now has been transformed into St. Lawrence Market. The host was talking about the War of 1812 too. It was interesting. After that we had lunch and a small tour around the place. In the afternoon, we saw same places and talked about Downtown. In front of the Cathedral St James there is the St James Park, where the many people stay there camped in their tents in protest last year. Now the park has many flowers and a nice garden. The Cathedral is very beautiful and has lots of painted glass about the history. There is a big organ there, and we had the pleasure to listen a very beautiful concert. Thank you, Joseph, for this.
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