Join the next Academy Walk on Monday, March 3rd. Meet Walk Leader Donna Oke at 11am, at Summerhill Subway Station. We will travel through the pretty architectural-filled streets of Summerhill north to South Forest Hill, incorporated as a Village in 1923 and incorporated into the City of Toronto in 1967. Every house is unique. We…
Walk Leader Rene Laukat will lead us to Allan Gardens Greenhouses, through historic Cabbagetown and new Corktown to Distillery District. This is a walk of approximately 5.5km of even grade sidewalks. Meet time: 11:00 a.m. Meet Place: College Park Food Court. Exit TTC College Subway Station (Yonge/Carlton), remain on the lower-level entrance to College Park.…
We first walk through the Summerhill LCBO, an amazing historic cavernous space (35K sq. ft). It is the magnificent former CPR Railroad Station, Toronto's main station from 1915 until the opening of Union in 1927. From here we walk through Rosedale to the ravine path leading down to Brickworks. After a tour we can pause…
This gorgeous neighbourhood has a long, rich history with an incredible collection of Edwardian houses set against an idyllically tree-lined urban landscape. Here we find, at one time or another in history, Margaret Atwood, McDonald’s George Cohen, Ex-GG Adrienne Clarkson, and a blend of many successful professionals, prominent artists, university students and faculty. Leader: Cindy…
The route is all on paved parkland or sidewalks and goes north on the west side of the Humber, across the Dundas bridge and back down the east side to Jane/Bloor’s Dark Horse Pub. Jane subway station is across the street from the pub. Leader: Josie Szczasiuk Lunch: Dark Horse Pub, 2401 Bloor St. WestApril…
This walk is around High Park circle, down the West side, and then back through the Park. Leader: Josie Szczasiuk Lunch: Grenadier Restaurant in the parkMay 5, 2025Meet at the brick washroom building in the park near the Bloor Street/High Park entrance (south of High Park subway station)11:00am
The walk starts at Christie Station. We will start by exploring the area of this Downtown Discovery Walk that leads you through the dense core of the City. Hidden among the skyscrapers, you will discover a rich variety of parks, gardens and streetscapes. Since the 1960s, most of these parks and gardens have been created…
This is a guided tour of the Tollkeeper’s Cottage where tolls were collected before people could enter Toronto from 1835 to 1895. The Cottage shows the conditions of life for most early Torontonians-when almost everything residents ate, wore, or used was hand made by the men, women and children of the family. (Donations for the…
This community was formed in the 1820’s. The wife of William Botsford Jarvis named it Rosedale for the abundance of roses that grew in the area. Wander the beautiful winding streets and see the second oldest inhabited house, the most expensive and many heritage homes and elaborate gardens. This walk is mostly flat with some…
Walk through Upper Beaches Community to access Glen Stewart Ravine; long sloping stairs into Ravine Trail; some irregular terrain in Ravine & passing through Ian Forrest Gardens; crossing Queen Street to Boardwalk & Kew Gardens. Leader: Rene Laukat Lunch: Stone Lion pub, 1950 Queen St. EastJune 2, 2025Main St. Square Community Centre, 245 Main St.…
We know the Grange as part of Toronto’s core, but in 1817, The Grange was built as the home of D'Arcy Boulton Jr., his wife, Sarah Anne, and their eight children.We’ll walk through their original one hundred acres of land, viewing other original homes, down to their property’s southern border on Lot Street, now known…
This tour includes viewing Heritage homes in Casa Loma area including Frank Denison House party to the Arts and Crafts Movement and later lived in by Charles Neilson the Ice Cream magnate. We will meander through Wychwood Park on our way to Beautiful little known historical Bracondale. This walk is mostly flat and approximately 90…