Public Walk – Leaside Spur

Date: Dec 04, 2025 at 10:00
Meeting Location: Northeast intersection of Leslie and Lawrence [Circle K/Hortons]

Join us on Thursday, December 4th at 10:00 am for a 2-hour, 2 km linear heritage walk on mostly paved, fairly flat surfaces. No stairs.

Leader: Linda McCaffrey

Location: North York

Description: This is a safe, convenient winter walk along the Don Mills Trail, once an active railway line.  The trail is sheltered by trees.  There will be winter birds. We will pass luxury houses, Bond Park [a hub for junior baseball teams], industrial buildings and the remainder of a CN yard as we make our way to York Mills Road.  The 95 bus will take us directly from Leslie and York Mills to the York Mills Station on Line 1.

Details: A 2-hour, 2 km linear heritage walk on mostly paved, fairly flat surfaces. No stairs.

Meeting Spot: Northeast intersection of Leslie and Lawrence [Circle K/Hortons]

Getting There: Take the 51 or 54 Leslie bus from Eglinton Station on Line 1 to Lawrence

Accessibility: No parking lot at the trail entrance or recharging stations en route

Washrooms: At the beginning

What to Bring: Dress for the weather. Water.

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.