Historic Fort York 1793-1993 Canadian History Malene Djenaba Barnett is an

Malene Djenaba Barnett is an accomplished multidisciplinary artist and textile designer with advanced training in ceramics and fashion

She was willing to risk everything—including her own life—to see that dream come true

the beautiful young woman who aged seventy years in less than a week

Coates and Cecilia Morgan

Materials: glass beads

Historic Fort York 1793-1993 Canadian History Malene Djenaba Barnett is anFearing an American invasion of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe had Fort York built in 1793 as an emergency defensive measure. That act became the first step in the founding of modern Toronto. Twenty years later, the Fort was the scene of the bloody Battle of York in which the famous American explorer, Zebulon Pike, died leading U. S. forces against the Forts outnumbered Canadian, British and Aboriginal defenders. The Americans won this battle their