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…