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Northern Ravines & Gardens Northern GETTING THERE AND BACK Drop out of the City. Follow peaceful You can reach the suggested starting point on public Burke Brook to experience enchanting transit by taking the YONGE subway to Lawrence DISCOVERY WALKS Sherwood Forest, quiet ravines and a Station. The 11 BAYVIEW bus serves the suggested tour end point on Bayview Avenue. spectacular formal garden. ❷ALEXANDER MUIR MEMORIAL GARDENS THE ROUTE Stroll among the herbs and flowers that bloom in this magnificent formal multi- NORTHERNNORTHERN Although you can begin this Discovery Walk at any level garden that was planted in point along the route, a good place to start is the the 1950s. The gardens act RAVINESRAVINES && Lawrence Subway Station (see top of map). as a superb public The route leads you through Lawrence Park, gateway into the Chatsworth, Blythwood and Sherwood peaceful ravine GARDENSGARDENS Park ravines. system. Alexander One In A Series of Self-Guided Walks ❶RAVINES AND Muir wrote BURKE BROOK the patriotic This series of ravine parks, displaying a song, “The Burke Brook wide variety of natural and human-made Maple Leaf scenic landscapes, is connected by Burke Forever”, FOR MORE INFO Brook. First Peoples used these ravines as in 1867. For more information on Discovery Walks, including early as 4000 years ago. They camped, brochures, please call Parks and Recreation hunted and traveled in these areas. During the Information at (416) 392-1111. For more information early to mid 1800s, logging was common in these on area history, inquire at the Locke Branch of the ravines. Today, municipal by-laws protect these ravines Sherwood Park Toronto Public Library. and the City is restoring much of the vegetation. ❸SHERWOOD PARK Discovery Walks is a program of self-guided walks Burke Brook once flowed naturally through these Explore Sherwood Park Ravine, one of the that links City ravines, parks, gardens, beaches and ravines. Walking beside the brook today, you’ll be largest remaining protected natural areas in the neighbourhoods. Other Discovery Walks include: amazed at the number of ways people have modified city. The park contains a small remnant of the Central Ravines, Belt Line and Gardens; Eastern the water course, including straightening, ditching, vast Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Forest, which Ravine and Beaches; Western Ravines and Beaches; tunneling and burying, in order to accommodate once covered this region. Species you can see Don Valley Hills and Dales; and Garrison Creek. excess storm sewer water. In sharp contrast to include white pine, hemlock, beech, oak and these modifications, you’ll find the eastern-most sugar maple. Some of the huge trees growing on WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP section of the brook, in Sherwood Park Ravine, the ravine slopes are at least 150 years old! The City of Toronto would like to thank the Toronto in a nearly untouched natural state. The City is Public Library, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens Photo by Gera Dillon trying to return the brook to as natural a Field Naturalists, Toronto Transit Commission, state as possible. ❄ Enjoy this Discovery Walk Heritage Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto at different times of the year. Public Health, Community History Project and the You’ll be surprised how it changes Task Force to Bring Back the Don for their support. from season to season. b Discovery Walks name and logo are official marks of the City of Toronto. THE HIKERS’ CODE REMEMBER • Stay on the trails • All walks involve # • Do not disturb wildlife stairs and/or slopes • Keep dogs on a leash • Walking surfaces vary ACCESSIBILITY: The .5km (approximate) section of S • Be cautious when and can include hard E this walk in Sherwood Park Ravine, north of T crossing roads Sherwood Avenue, has level access, a hard-packed pavement, woodchips, U • Leave flowers and plants N surface and an accessible park washroom. grass, limestones fines, I for others to enjoy M sand and/or bare earth 5 • Wear suitable clothing • Steps and paths are not • Walk with someone — 10 lighted and not cleared MINUTES 1 “Regular brisk walking can reduce elevated it’s safer and more fun 1 1 blood fats or blood pressure and improve • Be aware of other of ice and snow 5 M digestion and elimination.” trail users. • Use at your own risk IN UT ES Active Living Canada and Toronto Public Health 2 This walk is approximately 4.8km long 1 with a walking time of about 1.5 hours (minimum). If you walk this route at a brisk pace, you will burn 20 MINUTES approximately 300 calories! 1 POINTS OF INTEREST ❶ LEGEND Ravines and Burke Brook ❷ Alexander Muir Discovery Walk Path Flower Garden Memorial Gardens Connecting/Side Trails Caution ❸ Sherwood Park when crossing N Information Signs Views Washrooms S 15 MIN UTE Public Library UTE 5 MIN Telephone S 3 # Public Transit Stairs # Suggested starting 8 minutes walking distance 1 Steep Incline/Decline and/or ending points (approximate) 1 Please note that park washrooms are open from May to October. /2km (approximate).
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