Queen Alexandra Gateway - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
N 43° 40.090 W 079° 23.733
17T E 629350 N 4836268
This Gateway is the entrance to Philosopher's Walk, located west of the Royal Ontario Museum at Bloor Street W. in Toronto.
Waymark Code: WM8HCD
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 04/04/2010
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Queen Alexandra Gateway
This stone and wrought iron structure was a gift to the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire to commemorate the visit, on October 10 and 11, 1901 of their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York.
The gateway, designed by Chadwick and Beckett, Architects, originally stood on Bloor Street at the northern entrance to Queen's Park. It had to be moved twice to accommodate transportation improvements and was finally located here in 1962. The wrought iron lamps were restored in 1990 as a special project by the staff of the Faculties and Services department of the University of Toronto.
The University of Toronto fully restored the gateway and the southward extension of Philosopher's Walk extending southward in 1995. A rededication ceremony was held on October 14, 1995.