Public Walk – Junction Triangle, West Toronto Rail

Date: Jan 22, 2026 at 10:00
Meeting Location: Dundas West Subway Station

Join us on Thursday, January 22nd, at 10:00 am for a 2-hour, 3 km linear heritage walk along mostly paved, fairly flat surfaces. Some stairs.

Leader: Linda McCaffrey

Location: West Toronto

Description: This is an old industrial neighbourhood, rich in ancient and contemporary lore. Street names trigger memories of the betrayal of Braveheart in 1305, and the Glencoe Massacre in 1692.  P Burns was tried for fraud in the Coal Conspiracy Case in 1886. Nacan Products showered the neighbourhood with toxic yellow rain in the 1970’s. A Cooper’s Hawk might be spotted on the Tower Automotive Building. Check out the Warren Pony Truss design on the pedestrian bridge spanning the rail lines.

Details: A 2-hour, 3 km linear heritage walk along mostly paved, fairly flat surfaces. Some stairs.

Meeting Spot: Dundas West Subway Station

Getting There: Take Line 2

Accessibility: Stairs at the entrance to the trail.

Washrooms: Not available

What to Bring: Dress for the weather. Binoculars to search out wintering birds.

Other Information: The rail path is disrupted by the construction of a tunnel under Bloor Street but we can enjoy a short section. Exit the walk at the Lansdowne Subway station.

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.