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A BRIEF HISTORY : ESTABLISHED IN 1849 , THE NECROPOLIS IS ANOTHER OF TORONTOS OLDEST AND MOST HISTORIC CEMETERIES...OVER 36,000 BURRIALS HAVE TAKEN PLACE HERE...SOME OF THE MORE PREDOMINENT FIGURES BURRIED HERE INCLUDE TORONTOS FIRST MAYOR , WILLIAM LYON MCKENZIE , JOURNALIST GEORGE BROWN , FOUNDER OF WHAT KNOWN TODAY AS " THE GLOBE AND MAIL " ...ALSO BURRIED HERE ARE ANDERSON RUFFIN ABBOT , THE FIRST CANADIAN-BORN BLACK SURGEON AND WORLD CHAMPION OARSMAN , NED HANLAN...NECROPOLIS ALSO CONTAINS A MONUMENT HONORING SAMUEL LIONS AND PETER MATTHEWS HANGED IN 1838 FOR THEIR ROLES IN THE MACKENZIE REBELLION ..... |
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