Jane's Walk

On Saturday, as part of Jane's Walk, Marcia and I chose the tour/walk along the Humber River and environs.

Did you know that the Humber is the only Canadian Heritage River accessible by subway?
It was dedicated as a Heritage River in 1999.

We met at the Old Mill Subway station and followed Lisette Mallet from Societe d'histoire de Toronto.

We walked from the station past the Old Mill Inn which was built in 1793 and was Toronto's first sawmill.
As we strolled south along the shared path, we stopped underneath the Bloor Street Bridge that is being refurbished. Upon completion, it will have a permanent marker to show where the Humber River overflowed during Hurricane Hazel.

Unfortunately, many of the signs, structures benches, etc. have either been vandalized or have a lot of graffiti. This Heritage Plaque is a good example.



Our guide talked about the proposal to create an historical park on this 150 hectare site (370.65 acres) with interpretive nodes, benches, tables, facilities, plaques and way finders.

Here we have a public washroom(in the shape of a flying saucer) that has been neglected, vandalized and generally run down.

Much of the Kings Mill Park is a landfill site from the early 50's.

After moving south past the yacht club, and alongside the South Humber via Stephen Drive, we could see and hear a number of Red Winged Blackbirds.

I managed to get a picture of a Downy Woodpecker hunting for food on a nearby tree.

Here, also are some trilliums that are growing beside our pathway.

We were lucky that the rain held off until we were almost finished our walk.

It only started to become heavy once we were on the Queensway.

From there we were able to grab the 501 streetcar.

Thank you Lisette for a great tour of the Humber and its park system..