Governor Simcoe (other)
Governor Simcoe may refer to: * John Graves Simcoe (1752–1806), Governor of Upper Canada * Governor Simcoe Secondary School, a high school in St. Catharines, Ontario * , a Canadian schooner launched in 1793 and scuttled in 1814 See also * Simcoe (other) * Governor (other) A governor is an official, usually acting as the executive of a non-sovereign level of government. Governor may also refer to: Leadership * Governor (China), the head of government of a province * Governor (Japan), the highest ranking executive ...

John Graves Simcoe
John Graves Simcoe (25 February 1752 – 26 October 1806) was a British Army general and the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796 in southern Ontario and the Drainage basin, watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior. He founded York, Upper Canada, York, which is now known as Toronto, and was instrumental in introducing institutions such as courts of law, trial by jury, English law, English common law, and fee simple, freehold land tenure, and also in the abolition of slavery in Canada. His long-term goal was the development of Upper Canada (Ontario) as a model community built on aristocratic and conservative principles, designed to demonstrate the superiority of those principles to the republicanism of the United States. His energetic efforts were only partially successful in establishing a local gentry, a thriving Church of England, and an anti-American coalition with select indigenous nations. He is seen by many Canadians as a founding figure in Ca ...
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Governor Simcoe Secondary School
Governor Simcoe Secondary School named after John Graves Simcoe, is a public high school in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is a three-floored school with a theatre attachment. It has an enrollment of about 859 students. Its campus contains a football/soccer/field hockey field and a three-story building. The building includes two full gymnasiums with multiple changing rooms with showers, a weight room, an elevator, and a 500-seat auditorium. The school also is fully wheelchair accessible. History Governor Simcoe opened its doors in 1971; it was the first open concept high school in the Niagara Peninsula. The first principal was Bob Hayes. Since then, the open concept has been replaced with individual classrooms. In 1995, the Grantham Theatre was added to the east end of the school, while originally designed to seat 1000 people, due to budget, it was only built to seat 500. Academics During the 2007/08 school year, Governor Simcoe changed to a Multi-Subject Instructiona ...
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Simcoe (other)
Simcoe may refer to: Geography Canada * Simcoe, Ontario, a town in southwestern Ontario, near Lake Erie, Canada * Simcoe County, a county in central Ontario, Canada * Lake Simcoe, a lake in central Ontario, Canada * Simcoe North, a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada * Former federal electoral districts in the province of Ontario, Canada: ** Simcoe South ** Simcoe East ** Simcoe Centre Elsewhere * Fort Simcoe, a former United States Army fort preserved as a state park near White Swan, Washington * Simcoe, Missouri, a community in the United States * Simcoe Mountains, an extinct volcanic region near Goldendale, Washington People *John Graves Simcoe (1752–1806), British army officer, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada * Elizabeth Simcoe (1762–1850), British artist and diarist, wife of John Graves Simcoe * Anthony Simcoe (born 1969), Australian actor Others * Simcoe brand YCR 14 cv, a hop variety ( Humulus lupulus) See also * Governor ...
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