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| | Encyclopedia: Toronto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | The City of Toronto covers an area of 641 km² (247 square miles) and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River to the east. |
 | | Forest Hill, now part of Toronto, was incorporated as a village in 1923 The village was named after the summer home of John Wickson; previously it had been known as Spadina Heights (a name which continued to be applied to the neighbourhood into the twentieth century). |
 | | New Toronto is a working-class neighbourhood in the south-west corner of Toronto, Ontario, and is roughly bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, the Kipling Avenue to the west, New Toronto Street to the north, and Royal York Road to the east. |
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