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HMCS York
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HMCS York is a Royal Canadian Navy Reserve Division (NRD) located in Toronto, Ontario. Dubbed a stone frigate, HMCS York is a land-based naval establishment for part-time sailors as well as a local recruitment centre for the Canadian Naval Reserve.
The unit was established in 1942 to replace the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve Half Company created in 1923. During World War II, it was a premiere naval recruiting depot in the British Commonwealth through which over 17,000 personnel passed during the years of the war.
HMCS York was named after the original name of the city of Toronto and the first British commercial craft on Lake Ontario.
York is home to the Canadian Forces Sailing Association's Toronto establishment.
During the Second World War, Toronto HMCS York fielded a football team in the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU). Some of the notable players and coaches associated with the team were: Royal Copeland, Steve Karrys, Bob Stewart and the coach Teddy Morris.
Although located on the Lake Ontario shoreline, York has no facilities for naval ships. Rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RHIB) are deployed at the division, but the mooring facilities to the south of HMCS York belong to Toronto's branch of the Canadian Forces Sailing Association, the National Yacht Club, and Alexandra Yacht Club, and are for pleasure craft and such working vessels as serve the clubs.
Prior to 1947, the division was located at two other locations:
1395 Lake Shore Boulevard West: 1926–1959
home to Sea Cadet Corps and the Navy League of Canada (RCSCC Vanguard merged with RCSCC Haida, Ark Royal and the Navy League Wrenettes Corps in 1958) until 1959
sold Rameses Shrine Temple which remained here until 1983 when it became home to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 344
Canadian National Exhibition Automotive Building: 1942–1947
HMCS York moved to its current location in 1959.
HMCS York parades one of the five Canadian Forces Naval Reserve Ship's Bands in Canada. The band is a professional brass and reed band with approximately 30 members.
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