Subway Series: Exploring the Town of East Toronto

Date: Dec 7, 2024 at 10:00
Meeting Location: Entrance to the Main Street Subway Station

Join us on Saturday, December 10th at 10:00 am for a 3 hr, 6-8 km, linear, nature and heritage walk. Some stairs. Mostly unpaved and uneven surfaces with gentle slopes and some steep slopes.

Leader: Joanne Doucette

Meeting Point: Meet in the entrance to the Main Street Subway Station

Getting There: Accessible by TTC. Parking is limited.

Walk Details: A 3 hr, 6-8 km, linear, nature and heritage walk. Some stairs. Mostly unpaved and uneven surfaces with gentle slopes and some steep slopes.

Accessibility: There are stairs. The route may have mud and ice.

Washroom: At the beginning, along the way, and at the end.

Walk Description: We will be walking south along Main Street to and through Norwood Park, Cassels Ravine Park and north along Woodbine to Oakcrest Park. From there we will head north along Amroth Avenue to the Danforth, ending at the Woodbine Subway Station. This is a general nature walk, looking for birds, talking about plants and trees, with some of the history of the Toronto Golf Club’s first course, as well as the Gerrard Prairie and the Town of East Toronto.

What to bring: Water or thermos with hot drink, lunch or snack if desired, hat, mitts/gloves, warm clothes, field guide, binoculars. Icers (metal grips for shoes) may be helpful.

Other information: This is a public walk, one of a series held usually on the first Saturday of the month. The walk goes rain, snow, or shine, so dress for the weather. The pace is slow so dress warmly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Toronto
http://www.east-toronto.ca/
https://beachmetro.com/2016/05/17/tour-former-town-east-toronto/
http://tbeths.com/

Map: Click here

Washrooms near Main Street Subway Station:
Tim Hortons, 2575 Danforth Ave, 1 block east of Main St

Washrooms near Woodbine Station:
Coffee Time, 2146 Danforth Ave, one block east of the Station
Toronto Public Library, Danforth-Woodbine Branch, 1675 Danforth Ave

Washrooms are also on the route:
Main Street Branch, Toronto Public Library, 137 Main St
Might & Main Coffee shop, 126 Main St
Morning Parade Coffee Shop, 1952 Gerrard St E

This walk is only one of more than 140 that TFN will host this year alone! TFN members enjoy a complete listing of walks in our newsletter. Not a member? Learn more about the benefits of membership now!

Please tag any photos you take on this walk with #TFNWalk so that we can all live vicariously through your lens.

Toronto Field Naturalists wishes to acknowledge this Land through which we walk. For thousands of years, the Land has been shared by the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe. Toronto is situated on the Land within the Toronto Purchase, Treaty 13, the traditional and treaty Lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This territory is also part of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum, a covenant agreement between Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Wendat peoples and allied nations to peaceably share the land and all its resources. Today, the Land is home to peoples of numerous nations. We are all grateful to have the opportunity to continue to care for and share the beauty of this Land.