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Excerpt from Toronto, Historical, Descriptive and Pictorial
The original town plan was 1n the form of a parallelogram, the boundary streets being, on the west, George Street; on the south, Palace Street; on the east: Ontario Street; on the north, Duchess Street. It may be interesting to recall the meaning of the early street nomenclature of the city. George Street was named after George, Prince of Wales (george Duchess Street, after the Duchess of York, Frederick Street, after the Duke of York, Caroline Street, after the Princess of Wales (queen Caroline), Yonge Street, after Sir George Yonge, Secretary of State for War, and Simcoe Street, after the founder of the city.
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