CURRENT WALK SCHEDULE

Our walks are on rain or shine and free.

Riversides and Lost Rivers have created a new website to support the Thirsty City initiative, which includes walks and other activities. Please visit www.thirstycitywalks.ca where you can find a downloadable field guide.

Sunday, April 18, 2010, 2 p.m. - Toilet to Tap. Meet at the southwest corner of Coxwell and Lake Shore Boulevard. To mark Earth Day #40, Lost Rivers and Riversides, in conjunction with Toronto Field Naturalists, present the a Thirsty City Walk from www.thirstycitywalks.ca. "Toilet to Tap" takes place in the Beach neighourbood of Toronto and takes one on foot from Ashbridge's Bay Sewage Treatment Plant to the R.C Harris Drinking Water Filtration Plant. It explores the history of drinking water and sanitation systems in Toronto by using the development of the Beach neighbourhood as an example.

Sunday, May 2, 2010 2 p.m.– Pedal the Don: Second Annual Bike Hike. Visit www.pedalthedon.ca for updates. Start at SE corner of Lawrence & Yonge, outside the public library. Ends at Lakeshore Blvd E & Don Roadway. John Wilson is one of the guiding intelligences behind this.

Sunday, May 9, 2010, 1 pm. [Mother's day] Aggie's Wildflowers. A two-hour tour of wildflowers in the Magwood Sanctuary. There were trilliums in bloom on last year's walk. Start at Historic Lambton House 4066 Old Dundas Street with a talk about Agnes, and return there for tea. Led by Madeleine McDowell, chair of Humber Heritage Committee.

Saturday, May 15, 2010, 10 am - Garrison Creek Geography Walk
Join Toronto Green Community - Lost Rivers Project, the U of T Association of Geography Alumni, and the Senior College (U of T) on a walk of lost Garrison Creek from Christie Pits to Fort York. Meet on the west side of Christie St., across from the subway station. Helen Mills of Lost Rivers and Dr. Joe Whitney, President of UTAGA, will be your hosts. Bring a lunch. At Fort York there will be a talk about historic Fort York and its relation to the Garrison Creek at about 2 pm. A donation of $10.00 to one of the organizing groups is suggested.

Sunday May 16, 2010 2 p.m. – Highland Creek: Hidden Ravines, Heritage Highway and High Places. Meet at the northwest corner of Orton Park and Lawrence prepared for Scarborough surprises - the Highland watershed’s forgotten creeks of Woburn and Bendale, Asa Danforth’s 210-year old road and Toronto’s oldest heritage construction. Streets and park paths with optional final off-trail portion, be prepared to bushwhack the most overlooked ESA (Environmentally significant area) in the Toronto region. Approx. 3 hours total. Ends at McCowan & Lawrence. Leader: John Wilson.

Sunday, June 20, 2010, 2 p.m. – East Toronto: Gateway to the World. Starting at the Main Street Public Library, 137 Main St., south of Gerrard, be prepared to hike to Norway by way of Boston. Find a wonderland of cultural and natural heritage, as you trace the course of lost Tomlin Creek to the Serpentine. If you get drunk you may be thrown from Lake Iroquois Baymouth Bar. Streets, paved paths and stairs. Approx. 2.5 hours. Leader: John Wilson.

Sunday July 18, 2010 2 p.m, Spring Creek and Wild Fires in High Park. The sordid tale of landfilling and pollution of the creek which once meandered through eastern High Park. Find out why Indian Road wiggles, why Dundas Street bends, why the local porches are cracked and why your Spring Creek backyard may go up in smoke. Shake your head at the latest misdeeds of rapacious developers, who can't see a landfilled ravine for all of the weed trees. Gaze in awe at the mighty trickle of the pre-historic Laurentian Stream. Start at Keele & Dundas SW corner at 2 p.m. Led by Richard Anderson and local community members.

Sunday August 15, 2010 2 p.m. Lost Sandbars, Fisherman's Island, Future of the Portlands. Meet at the south end of Cherry Street at the bus circle. Walk covers
Fisherman's Island and First Nations Fisheries, Ashbridges Bay Marsh, the life and death of the delta that once lay at the mouth of the Don, and plans for the a more sustainable future for the Portlands. Walk ends at the Distillery. Walk Leaders: Helen Mills and Friends

Plans for walks are constantly been developed. We welcome your suggestions for interesting walks. Maybe you might like to lead walk. Send your suggestion to: The Streamwalker.