In October 1926, Queen Marie of Romania, one of the most famous women of her time, visited Toronto as part of her North American tour by train.
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Continue reading10.26.26: Queen Marie visits Toronto
By the early 1920s, Romanians in Canada were a small community of immigrants that most people had never heard of. That changed in October 1926, when their Queen – a granddaughter of Queen Victoria – visited Canada.
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