RIVERDALE ZOO: HOW FOUNDING OUR BELOVED ZOO REDEEMED ITS POLLUTER-FOUNDER!!!
Come out and support your Riverdale Historic Society for its second in-person event since COVID.
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| Polar bears at Riverdale Zoo |
Daniel Lamb's professional career started on the floor of his father's factory, Lamb's Glue and Stove Blacking Manufactory, located near the east end of Amelia Street, looking over the Don River. Established in 1849, Lamb's Manufactory gained a reputation as one of the heaviest polluters in Toronto.
Our story will focus on how Daniel Lamb redeemed his family's unsavoury reputation. Lamb became active in municipal politics, and worked to improve our city. But he's best known for establishing Riverdale Zoo, Toronto's first zoo, known today as Riverdale Farm.
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| Riverdale Park 1912 |
Our speaker, Richard Fiennes-Clinton has been active in Toronto's historical community for about 35 years. He has participated in several historical societies and currently works at Gibson House Museum, Fort York National Historic Site, and occasionally, Zion Schoolhouse and Colborne Lodge Museum. He has also spoken at or presided over special events at Toronto's First Post Office, Campbell House Museum, Mackenzie House Museum, Montgomery's Inn, and the Royal Ontario Museum.