John Ownsworth Browne
John Ownsworth Browne | |
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| Born |
1808 England |
| Died | 1808-1881 (73 years) Template:Death year and age |
| Occupation | railway engineer, surveyor, mapmaker |
| Known for | maps of 19th century Toronto that survive to the present day |
John Ownsworth Browne was a Canadian surveyor known for the maps he made of Toronto.[1]
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York Township, 1851 -
Detail from the 1851 map of York Township, showing Toronto's 1851 boundaries -
Mimico railway -
The Humber River, from its mouth, to Lambton Mills, Swansea, Grenadier Pond, and the future site of High Park -
Plan of Homewood estate, Toronto, 1834 -
References
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"1851 JO Browne Map of the Township of York". Historical Maps of Toronto. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
John Ownsworth Browne (1808-1881), formerly a railway engineer in England, became a Provincial Land Surveyor in Toronto in 1848. He surveyed 50 subdivision plans in Toronto during the boom period and also produced and published several important general plans, such as the York township plan of 1851 and the compiled city plan of 1862.