Public Walk – Boxing Day on the Spit

Date: Dec 26, 2024 at 10:00
Meeting Location: Tommy Thompson Park entrance at the foot of Leslie Street by the washrooms

Join us on Thursday, December 26th at 10:00 am for a 3-hr, 8 km, circular, nature walk on mostly paved surfaces, flat with some gentle slopes. No stairs.

Leader: Charles Bruce-Thompson

Meeting Point: Tommy Thompson Park entrance at the foot of Leslie Street by the washrooms.

Getting There: TTC: Take Line 2 to Donlands station, then take #83 Jones southbound bus and get off at Leslie Street and Commissioners; walk south to the park entrance. Driving: There’s a free parking lot off Unwin Ave.

Walk Details: A 3-hr, 8 km, circular, nature walk on mostly paved surfaces, flat with some gentle slopes. No stairs.

Accessibility: The unpaved section of the walk can be uneven and muddy.

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

Walk description: The perfect remedy for post-Christmas Day lethargy!

Starting at the pavilion at the entrance (heated washrooms!), we will walk south along the east shoreline as far as Cell 3, then return via the banding station (now closed) and Embayment D. Participants can drop out and return easily at any point if they so wish.

Brush up on your waterfowl identification skills, something interesting always turns up on these walks.

What to Bring: Binoculars.

Other information: The Spit can get quite windy, and it is the end of December, so wrap up. Dress for the weather, including appropriate shoes!

Walk Leader’s Cell Number: (416) 778-5340

Outings Etiquette

Cancellation Policy

An outing will be cancelled if there is a 70% or higher chance of thunderstorm or if other hazardous weather arises. See our full cancellation policy here.

Safety

Please dress for the weather. Bring water with you. Use bug spray and check for ticks when you get home. Do not attend an outing if you are feeling ill.

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.