Boyd North and Glassco Park

KIPLING AVENUE

TESTON ROAD SC

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PINE VALLEY DRIVE

Municipalities

Boyd North & Glassco Park

ISLINGTON AVENUE Roads

Watercourse

Waterbodies Boyd North and Glassco Park is a special place Natural Cover MAJOR MACKENZIE DRIVE WEST where public activities occur in concert with the ± 0 200 400 800 m preservation and enhancement of the natural,

Coordinate System: NAD 1983 UTM Zone 17N cultural, and heritage resources of the area. Projection: Transverse Mercator Date: 3/24/2020

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GENERAL INFORMATION • Boyd North and Glassco Park are a group of conservation properties covering approximately 688 hectares of land in the City of Vaughan, Bird Watching York Region. Boyd North is 494 hectares and owned by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), while the 194-hectare Glassco Park is owned Cross Country Skiing by the Province of and managed by TRCA. • Boyd North encompasses several other TRCA facilities, local parks, and attractions, including the following: Cycling/Mountain Biking - Earth Rangers - Kortright Centre for Conservation Historic Sightseeing - TRCA’s Restoration Services Centre and Boyd Centre offices - TRCA’s local tree and shrub nursery Hiking - William T. Foster Woods - Lands under management agreement with the McMichael Canadian Art Collection • The properties boast 5.7 km of the multi-use Humber Trail in the William Granger Greenway from Boyd Conservation Area in Woodbridge, PLANNING DOCUMENTS through Boyd North and Glassco Park to historic, downtown . • Boyd North and Glassco Park Management Plan (1999) ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES

• Two significant archaeological resources located within Boyd North and Glassco Park include the late Iroquoian Kleinburg Ossuary and the Seed-Barker site, a late Iroquoian village.

• Boyd North and Glassco Park contain many significant terrestrial features, most of which have been designated as Environmental Significant Areas by TRCA, or as Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. These areas support bird breeding territories of the Scarlet Tanager, Hairy Woodpecker, and Wood thrush, and species such as the Northern Redbelly Snake, Spotted Salamander, and Grey Treefrog which are vulnerable to the impacts of urban development.

• East and Cold Creek, which both run through the property, exhibit some of the best surface water quality in the Humber River watershed. Aquatic species within Boyd North and Glassco Park include several sensitive species such as rainbow trout, brown trout, and rainbow darter, an endangered species under the Species at Risk Act.