Public Walk: Annual Hurricane Hazel Commemoration Walk

Date: Oct 17, 2026 at 10:30
Meeting Location: Old Mill Subway Station

Visit the Humber River and sites related to the 1954 Hurricane Hazel flood disaster on this guided walk.

Registration Required: Register on Eventbrite

We will follow the depths of the Humber Ravine with descriptions of its role in history, most particularly how it relates to the 1954 “Hazel” deluge. There will be photos of “This was where you are” from October 15th, 1954. These will be accompanied by the personal recollections of people from that 1954 event.

We will also examine the more eminent historical sites, some of them First Nations, as we pass them, en route to Dundas Street, finishing at the Historic Lambton House (and maybe some tea).

The salmon may be leaping and the herons and cormorants fishing – the Humber, a Canadian Heritage River, can be a truly magical place.

Leaders: Madeleine McDowelll and Lance Gleich

Details: A 3-hour, 3+ km linear nature and heritage walk along mostly paved surfaces with some steep slopes. Some stairs

Meeting Spot: Old Mill subway station entrance

Accessibility: The stairs into the ravine at Bloor St. can be circumvented by streets. The walk leader will be using a wheelchair.

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.