Trees of Marie Curtis Park

Date: Mar 29, 2025 at 10:00
Meeting Location: Intersection of Waterfront Trail and Etobicoke Trail (east side of bridge, approx 300 m south of Lake Shore Blvd W)

Join us on Saturday, March 29th at 10:00 am for a 2 hr, 3 km circular trees walk on mostly unpaved and uneven surfaces, flat with some gentle slopes and no stairs.

Leader: Lillian Natalizio

Walk Location: Marie Curtis Park, 2 Forty Second St

Meeting Point: Intersection of Waterfront Trail and Etobicoke Trail (east side of bridge, approx 300 m south of Lake Shore Blvd W)

Getting There: TTC: take 123C Sherway bus from Kipling Station or 507 Long Branch streetcar to the Long Branch loop, then walk approx 750 m west on Lake Shore and south on Forty Second St. GO: take Lakeshore West train to the Long Branch GO station. If driving, there is parking in the park from Forty Second St.

Walk Details: A 2 hr, 3 km circular trees walk on mostly unpaved and uneven surfaces, flat with some gentle slopes, no stairs.

Accessibility: Narrow, uneven trails in the woods. Not maintained in winter.

Washrooms: Not available.

Walk description: Hampered by the February snowstorms, let’s try again to meet some of the many species of trees that give this park its unique character. Some of them will have already started flowering, while others will still be wearing their winter buds. We’ll keep an eye out for early migrants and other signs of spring.

What to Bring: Binoculars, ID guides, water

Other information: Depending on weather through March, trails may be icy or muddy; wear appropriate boots.

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!

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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.