bonus features: john powell
This post offers supplementary material for an article I wrote for Torontoist , which you should read before diving into this piece. An illustration of Powell escaping the rebels on December 4, 1837. I wasn't able to figure out the exact documentation for it, though it was suggested by the fine folks at Mackenzie House that it probably belongs to the National Archives. The image was sourced from this article about William Lyon Mackenzie and the rebellion .