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One of two shoots today, this one at the TTC yards, where we got a chance to use the old Peter Witt streetcar as a backdrop for one of the trading cards. P.C. Kris McCarthy on Bobby is dressed in a vintage police uniform and helmet from the 20's.

We had about ten minutes before the storm hit, it absolutely poured down.

Union Station

Union Station
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P.C. Michael Sharpe riding Lincoln today at Union Station.

WW1 Cenotaph

WW1 Cenotaph
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P.C. Ron Green riding the alpha female Dorothy at the Old City Hall Cenotaph today.

P.C. Jill Finley and police mount Sabre. The R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is both a crucial piece of infrastructure and an architecturally acclaimed historic building. It is located in the east of the city along the shore of Lake Ontario.

The plant was built between 1932 and 1941 and is named after the long time commissioner of Toronto's public works Rowland Caldwell Harris. The building, unlike most modern engineering structures, was also created to make an architectural statement. Fashioned in the Art Deco style, the cathedral-like structure remains one of Toronto's most admired buildings. It is, however, little known to outsiders. The interiors are just as opulent with marble entryways and vast halls filled with pools of water and filtration equipment. The plant has thus earned the nickname The Palace of Purification.

Sgt. James Patterson on police mount Sabre at The Knox United Church, which began as Knox Presbyterian Church, Scarborough Township , Ontario, in a wood frame church built in 1848, the result of the Church of Scotland disruption, that led to the formation of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in Connection with the Free Church of Scotland.

P.C. Jill Finley gives police mount Sabre a little exercise while we wait for dark to shoot her trading card. Moonlight over Lake Ontario.

I know I said "smile", but....

I know I said "smile", but....
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Horses seem to find this spot at the Liberty Grand infinitely funny...

www.flickr.com/photos/annedehaas/194414948/in/set-7205759...

Brickworks

Brickworks
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The old Brickworks, Toronto. P.C. Derrick Spears riding police mount Simcoe. It was an amazingly warm and beautiful day today!

Police shooting

Police shooting
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Dot and Asma

Dot and Asma
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Charger

Charger
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P.C. Diana Benalick riding Charger in front of the Liberty Grand

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving
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P.C. Joe DaSilva riding Commodore at Exhibition Place.

CNE

CNE
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P.C. John Feather riding Dundas at Exhibition Place Fountain.

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Standing guard

Standing guard
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Three team members of the TPMU look out over the walls at Fort Henry in Kingston at sunset.

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At NAPEC in Kingston, demonstration of a crowd control exercise.

twilight

twilight
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A fire truck races through the Prince's Gate at twilight, with the CN tower visible through the arch.

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We might try this one again, only this time start a bit later so they turn all the spotlights on..

P.C. Rob Graham riding Boot in front of the Prince's Gate, Toronto.

TPMU trading cards

TPMU trading cards
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P.C. Amanda Petticrew riding Elvis at Simcoe and King.

*Four Nations Corner: *The King and Simcoe Streets intersection was a busy place in the latter part of the 19th century. *Government House*, the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, was located in the block now occupied by Roy Thomson Hall and Metro Hall and the Parliament Buildings were in the block to the south. Upper Canada College stood on the north west corner. A popular tavern was on the north-east corner. St. Andrews Church opened in 1876, is still on the fourth corner. The four corners were known as "The Four Nations: Legislation, Education, Damnation and Salvation.

TPMU

TPMU
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P.C. Greg John riding police mount Woulfe at Toronto City Hall. We were trying to recreate an old black and white shot that's hanging on the wall of the mounted unit. My son Drew took this shot actually, and I think he nailed it perfectly.

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Sgt. Al Jenkins riding Tecumseh across the Humber River just below the cliffs of Baby Point where once a huge First Nations village thrived.

Teiaiagon was a Seneca village on the east bank of the Humber River in Toronto. The name means 'It crosses the stream'. The site is currently near the intersection of Jane and Bloot Streets. Built, 1676, some 50 years after the arrival of Etienne Brule, it was a trading post and meeting place between the First Nations and European traders.
The village was inhabited by 4000-5000 people and comprised of 50 long houses.

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P.C. Jeff Brough, huge hockey fan, riding Tecumseh outside Maple Leaf Gardens.

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Staff Inspector Bill Wardle, commander of Toronto Police Mounted Unit and Police Dog Services at Old Fort York. www.fortyork.ca/

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P.C. Shane Symss on new mount Bobby, standing in front of the Scadding Cabin. Toronto’s oldest existing home was built in 1794 for John Scadding who accompanied Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe to Upper Canada in 1792. Scadding Cabin was moved to the CNE grounds from the east bank of the Don River in 1879