Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The original minor league club in Toronto was the Toronto Maple Leafs, which operated from 1896 through 1967 in the International League.
The National Hockey League club renamed itself the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1927 and has been known by that name ever since.
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Famous quotes containing the word canada:
“What makes the United States government, on the whole, more tolerable—I mean for us lucky white men—is the fact that there is so much less of government with us.... But in Canada you are reminded of the government every day. It parades itself before you. It is not content to be the servant, but will be the master; and every day it goes out to the Plains of Abraham or to the Champs de Mars and exhibits itself and toots.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)