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. Leader: Josie…
Meet at Eglinton West subway station for a leisurely stroll to Davisville Station. The history of the Beltline railroad will be discussed and explored through the artifacts and murals that show its former presence. The characteristics of the neighbourhoods we…
On this walk, the author of the award-winning book Art Deco Architecture in Toronto takes you past such landmark buildings from the late 1920s and 1930s as Eaton’s College Street store, the former Toronto Stock Exchange at King and Bay,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
