Explore Uptown ! Discover how UPTOWN DISCOVERY WALK HIGHLIGHTS GETTING THERE AND BACK parks, gardens and streetscapes link 4 QUEEN’S PARK You can reach the suggested start and end Uptown’s public institutions, residential Discover the beauty of Queen’s Park, an urban point on public transit by taking the YONGE neighbourhoods and commercial areas. subway to Wellesley Station. Other subway park opened in 1860 by Edward, Prince of Wales. It was named in honour of Queen Victoria who stations providing close access include Bay, THE ROUTES College, Dundas, Yonge/Bloor and Museum. stands as one of sixteen commemorative statues UPTOWN DISCOVERY WALK throughout the Park. Queen’s Park is technically owned by the ; however it The Uptown Discovery Walk leads you was leased to the Government of in 1859 through neighbourhoods just north of for a period of 999 years and is the site of the FOR MORE INFO the City’s core. Since the 1960s, many Ontario Legislative Building. of the parks and gardens in this area have been Discovery Walks is a program of self-guided Uptown reclaimed from building demolitions, land 9 ALLAN GARDENS walks that link city ravines, parks, gardens, exchanges, street closures, and land purchases. beaches and neighbourhoods. For more Although you can start this walk at various points Explore one of the jewels of Toronto’s public parks information on Discovery Walks, including along the route, a good starting place is system. Established in 1858, local politician brochures, please call customer service at Toronto Wellesley Subway Station. George William Allan gave the Toronto 311, or 416-392-CITY (2489) from outside One in a series of self-guided walks Horticulture Society a ve-acre parcel of land to City limits. Information can also be found at ACCESSIBLE DISCOVERY WALK develop and maintain as a botanical garden which toronto.ca/parks/trails/discover.htm. For Working in compliance with AODA was later sold to the City. The central pavilion more information on area history, inquire at (Accessibility for Ontarians with (1910) and greenhouses house 16,000 square City Hall, Yorkville, Parliament Street or Disabilities), this Discovery Walk is feet of colourful, seasonal plants as well as a Toronto Reference branches of the Toronto shorter in length and follows paved paths with permanent collection of cacti, ferns, ivy and other no steep changes in elevation. ora. Public Library. ALTERNATIVE DISCOVERY WALK Follow this Uptown Discovery Walk to see signi cant cultural, historical, and institutional features. The path will take On this urban adventure, you into the Church-Wellesley Village, along the shops on , past the historic Maple many hidden treasures, sights and Leaf Gardens, and through the Ryerson sounds will be revealed to you. University Campus. Allan Gardens Discover Uptown Toronto, VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE the “City within a Park!” Unveil the history of Yorkville, rst founded in 1830 by Joseph Bloor, a brewer, and William Botsford Jarvis, a sheriff, who purchased the land to develop a new neighbourhood for those looking to live beyond the City of York. In the 1950s, the Bloor subway line was being built and WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP a row of Victorian row houses were demolished to make way for construction. Residents voiced The City of Toronto would like to thank the their desire for a park to be built over the subway, Toronto Public Library, Toronto Field Naturalists, but instead a parking lot was constructed to Toronto Transit Commission, Heritage Toronto, provide spaces for commuters. It wasn’t until Toronto Bruce Trail Club and Toronto Public 1991 that the City and design professionals Health. began constructing a park that celebrates the history of the Village of Yorkville and reects the diversity of the Canadian landscape. Royal Ontario Museum - Jose San Juan, 2008 The Legislative Building - Legislative Assembly of Ontario Crescent Rd

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UPTOWN Cluny Dr Bernard Ave Belmont St Scarth Rd New St Roden Pl Baxter St Webster Ave Tranby AveDISCOVERYBishop St WALKFrichot Ave MAP

DISCOVERY WALK approx. 7.6 kilometres

Elgin Ave Park Rd ACCESSIBLE WALK Rosedale Valley Rd approx. 3 kilometresElm Ave

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Yonge St Yonge u approx. 2.6 kilometres Yorkville Ave r ch St Prince Arthur Ave YORKVILLE

Bellair St Bellair Asquith Ave Cumberland St Steep Incline

BLOOR Rd Park 2 Washroom BAY 2 YONGE Mount Pleasant Rd Bloor St W Bloor St E Flower Garden 1 MUSEUM

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Charles St E Queen's Park Queen's 2 St Mary St St Mary St 5 Yonge Isabella St St Nicholas St Nicholas St Line

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Hoskin Ave St Jarvis Earl St Gloucester St 3 St Joseph St Queens Dundonald St Cawthra Sq Park Barbara Phipps St Hall Park 10 WELLESLEY Wellesley St W Wellesley St E

Queen's Park Cres W 4 E Cres Park Queen's CHURCH- UNIVERSITY 6 Ontario WELLESLEY Provincial OF Provincial Breadalbane St Maitland St Maitland Pl Legislature Government VILLAGE TORONTO O ces

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University Ave University Park Mc Caul St Caul Mc Gerrard St W Gerrard St E 1 ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Walton St Baldwin2 St PHILOSOPHER’S WALK 8

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO St Elizabeth 3 Elm St

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City Hall WALKING TIPS THE HIKERS’ CODE REMEMBERShuter St

Walk into Health. Use a pedometer to • Stay on the Trails • All walks involve stairs and/or slopes track your steps and keep you • Do not disturb wildlife • Walking surfaces vary and can

motivated on your Discovery Walk. • Keep dogs on a leash include: hard pavement, woodchips, St Patrick St Patrick St You can borrow a pedometer from • Be cautious whenSt James crossing roads grass, limestone nes, sand, and/or Bay St Queen St E many libraries across Toronto.Queen St W • Leave owers and plants for others bare earth

to enjoy • Steps and paths are notBritain lighted St and Berti St Berti Richmond St E

This walk is approximatelyRichmond St7.6 W km • Wear suitable clothing and not cleared of ice and snow

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Duncan St long with an estimatedSt Simcoe walking time appropriate walking/hiking shoes • Use at your own risk of about 3 hours. The Alternative and • Walk with someone - it’s safer and Accessible walks are usually shorter more fun and easier to walk. • Be aware of other trail users Parks, Forestry, and Recreation 2014