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Nathan Ng and The Friends of Fort York, the co-proprietors of the very useful collection of maps of Fort York and of the Garrison Common found through links on Nathan’s websites and at www.fortyork.ca, were upset to learn that the site was taken down effective 15 March 2017 when the hosting service Dropbox terminated its support for Public Folders. We had been using Dropbox to store the very large image files accessed through the thumbnails that were the heart and genius of the system.
Nathan now reports very good news: Marcel Fortin, head of the University of Toronto Map and Data Library, has generously offered to provide image hosting for the Fort York and Garrison Common Maps site, traffic permitting. The library’s general mandate aligns with and supports the goal of having these cartographic resources and accompanying commentary available to the public for educational and research purposes. Barring any unusual developments, this arrangement should provide a home for the images indefinitely. Restoration of the map links will take place over the next few days as time permits.
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