Rosedale Walk – Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 11:00 am

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Start: 11:00 am

Leader: Donna Oke

Meet: Rosedale Subway Station.

Route: This is a circular walk. We will walk the winding streets to Chorley Park and back to Rosedale Station.  Rosedale was initially named by Mary Botsford Jarvis referring to the varieties and abundance of Roses grown in the area in the 1820’s.

Lunch: Rebel House, 1068 Yonge Street

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Queen’s Park Circle Walk: Outside the Circle – Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 11:00 am

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Start: 11:00 am

Leader: Simon Pearson

Meet: Museum Station

Most of us are fairly familiar with what lies within the Queen’s Park Circle, i.e., the Legislature and its grounds. However, just outside the circle there are many other places of interest, often less well known. This walk wends its way right around the outside of the circle without actually touching it. It includes several gardens, lots of sculptures, parts of the U of T, memorials to firemen and police, underground rivers and much more!

Lunch:  The Duke of York pub  (near St. George Station)

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Humber South Walk – Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at 11:00 am

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Start: 11:00 am

Leader: Josie Szczasiuk

Meet: Old Mill Subway; the route proceeds south along the west side of the Humber River, mainly along paved parkland (although there is a short stretch through a residential area), to the shore of Lake Ontario and continues west along the shoreline.

Lunch: Eden Trattoria on Marine Parade Drive (indoor/outdoor seating and views of the lake)

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Islington Murals Walk – Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 10:30 am

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Start: 10:30 am

Leader: Donna Oke

Meet: Outside Islington Subway Station East side; Northeast corner Bloor and Islington

We will walk through Tom Riley Park in the Valley of Mimico Creek to Montgomery Inn where a BIA Volunteer will start our Islington Murals Tour at 11:00 am.

Lunch: St. James Gate Irish Pub, 5140 Dundas Street West

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Ryerson (Toronto Metropolitan University) to Rosedale Walk: A Historical Wandering – Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 11:00 am

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Start: 11:00 am

Leader: Simon Pearson

Meet: TMU (Ryerson) Campus  outside Heaslip House, 297 Victoria Street just north of Dundas (Dundas Subway).

This walk is centred on the Church and Wellesley neighbourhood.  We will start near Yonge-Dundas Square, and end at the Rosedale subway.  You might expect such a walk to be mainly on Yonge and/or Church Streets, but almost all of it is indirect, on back and side streets, through quadrangles, parks, parkettes, and even a ravine, with many unexpected pleasures on the route.

Lunch:  The Rebel House pub near the Rosedale Subway Station

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