GETTING THERE AND BACK Follow the path of an ancient You can reach the suggested start and end point Aboriginal portage route. Discover 7 MARSHES AND OAK SAVANNAH on public transit by taking the BLOOR / DANFORTH panoramic views, river marshes, and The marsh at the mouth of the Humber River, dating subway to Old Mill station. Other TTC access is back 5,000 years, housed a wide range of plants, provided by a Dundas Street West Bus Route and the former sits of water-powered mills sh, waterfowl, and mammals which made it a vital The Queensway Streetcar. hunting, shing, and gathering site for Aboriginal THE ROUTES peoples. Further up the path, a black savannah tree is a rare remnant of an ecosystem that once ourished FOR MORE INFO SHARED PATH DISCOVERY WALK in the dry, sandy soils at the bottom of former Lake Discovery Walks is a program of self-guided walks Although you can begin this Discovery Walk Iroquois (now known as Lake Ontario). that links city ravines, parks, gardens, beaches and at any point along the route, a good starting neighbourhoods. For more information on Discovery point is at the base of the footbridge over the Walks, including brochures, please call customer Humber River where it enters Lake Ontario. You’ll visit The Shared 9 THE KING’S MILL service at 311, or 416-392-CITY (2489) from outside the beginning of an ancient portage route up the City limits. Information can also be found at toronto. Humber River Valley, sites of early fur trading posts, In 1793, the King’s Mills, the area’s rst water-powered ca/parks/trails/discover.htm. For more information Humber River Marshes, former First Nations villages, mill was built. It milled wood for the construction of on area history, inquire at City Hall or at the St. Path and old water-powered mills. early public buildings, among other things. The stones Lawrence branch of the Toronto Public Library. One in a series of self-guided walks of the “Old Mill” now cover the outside of a wing of Other Discovery Walks include: Northern Ravines & the Old Mill Inn. The arched stone bridge was built in 1916. Both the mill and bridge are historically Gardens; Don Valley Hills and Dales; Western Ravines SHARED PATH DISCOVERY WALK HIGHLIGHTS signicant and have been designated under the Ontario and Beaches; Humber Arboretum & West Humber Heritage Act. River Valley; Eastern Ravine and Beaches; Garrison 1 HUMBER RIVER’S ANCIENT PAST Creek; Central Ravines, Belt Line & Gardens; Uptown Toronto; and Downtown Toronto. At the intersection of two ancient “shared paths”, one route travelled along the shifting shoreline of Lake TEIAIAGON AND ABORIGINAL OCCUPATION Ontario while the second, a roughly 50 kilometre-long 10 OF BABY POINT footpath known today as the Carrying Place trail, ran Up on the nearby promontory of land is one of the best- north along the banks of the Humber River to Lake known First Nations archaeological sites in the City of Simcoe. Toronto. Aboriginal peoples likely used this advantgeous site for thousands of years, including a Five Nations 3 RAILWAYS OVER THE HUMBER Iroquois Seneca village called “Teiaiagon” between 1670 and 1688. This agricultural village of perhaps 1,000 In 1855, the rst railway tracks were laid and the people would have been surrounded by elds of corn nearly 500-metre-long viaduct bridge over the river beans, and squash. was constructed. As one of today’s busiest rail corridors in Canada, these tracks have since carried generations of passengers and tons of freight to and from such places as Windsor, Niagara Falls, and New DUNDAS STREET CROSSING AND LAMBTON 11 York City. MILLS Discover the starting point of the Toronto Carrying Place 5 BOATING ON THE HUMBER RIVER trail which became an important link between Lake Devin’s Boat Livery, west side of the Humber River just North of the railway Ontario and the Upper Great Lakes for Ontario’s City of Toronto Archives For centuries, Aboriginal peoples used bark canoes Aboriginal people in the fur trade with the Eurpoeans. WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP to approach the start of the Toronto Carrying Place Both the Five Nations and later the French built villages on the Humber River which, in the late 1670s, were and trading posts on the Humber River to control that The City of Toronto would like to thank the Toronto joined by French sailing ships. Around 1800, a link. The British later chose the site for what became the Public Library, Toronto Field Naturalists, Toronto Transit shipyard was built to produce Lake Ontario sailing City of Toronto, because of the Toronto Carrying Place Commission, Heritage Toronto, Toronto Bruce Trail ships. Trail and its access to the Upper Great Lakes. Club Delemere Ave Woolner Ave THE SHARED PATH Foxwell St Terry Dr Symes Rd Corbett Ave Edgehill Rd DISCOVERY WALKS MAP DISCOVERY WALK approx. 15 kilometres St Clair Ave W 12 Old Dundas St Dundas St W Interpretive Panels Old Dundas St Warren Cres Washroom Thorndale Ave Watson Ave Watson Varsity Rd Mill Cove Seasonal Washroom Government Rd Ave Brookside H Blvd Humbercrest Priscilla Ave Priscilla Elliott Ave u m Etienne b e Brule Community Centre r R Walford Rd Park St John's Rd Lambton- iv e Kingsway r Scenic View Park Dunedin Dr Dunedin St Mark's Rd Subway Station Queen Anne Rd Pasadena Gdns 2 Magwood Streetcar Route Park Parking Queen Marys Dr Annette St Kingsway Cres Thornhill Ave Thornhill Baby Point Rd Ave Brumell Bus Stop 11 Humbercrest Blvd Streetcar Stop Ardagh St Evans Ave Evans Willard Ave Willard Prince Edward Dr N Dr Edward Prince Lessard Ave Ave Armadale King Georges Rd r D Humberview Rd The Kingsway l l P i M d Mill Rd Ol d l Colbeck St Bloor St W O Runnymede Rd Runnymede Glenlake Ave 2 OLD MILL Ave Halford 10 Elora Rd Meadowvale Dr 9 Riverview Gdns St Durie Willard Ave Willard Beresford Ave Beresford Armadale Ave Armadale Kennedy Ave Kennedy Jane St Jane Park Lawn Ave Windermere Cemetery r e 2 JANE 2 RUNNYMEDE iv R Edgemore Dr r e b Ostend Ave m Larkin Ave u H Willard Ave Willard Mayfield Ave Kings Glenaden Ave E Mill Mossom Rd Deforest Rd y Verbena Ave w Park k P Winston Grv Ellis Park Rd Sunnylea Ave E d o o Ivy Lea Cres w r e 8 v Ave Kennedy Sunnydale Dr Ri Brule Gdns Ave Lavinia Morningside Ave Waller Ave Ellis Ave South Kingsway Rennie Park High Park Crown Hill Pl Riverside Cres Prince Edward Dr S Dr Edward Prince 1 HUMBER RIVER Riverside Dr Humber Stephen Dr Stephen Marshes Coe Hill Dr 2 CARRYING PLACE TRAIL Rd Lawn Park Berry Rd 3 RAILWAYS OVER THE HUMBER Hum be Windermere Ave Stonegate Rd r Rive Ormskirk Ave Kinsdale Blvd r Southport St Grenadier 4 ROADS OVER THE HUMBER Ripley Ave Keywell Crt 7 Pond 5 BOATING ON THE HUMBER Cloverhill Rd South Humber 6 THE BEGINNINGS OF FRENCH TORONTO Cannon Rd Park 6 7 HUMBER RIVER MARSHES AND OAK SAVANAH Windermere Ave Waniska Ave 5 8 HURON-WENDAT VILLAGES ON THE HUMBER Guthrie Ave Guthrie 3 9 THE KING’S MILL St High 4 Sir Casimir Smithfield Dr Smithfield TEIAIAGON AND THE ABORIGINAL OCCUPATION OF BABY POINT W Gzowski Park 10 Blvd ore The Queensway Sh DUNDAS STREET CROSSING AND LAMBTON MILLS e 2 11 Lak Lake Ontario 12 MISSISSAUGA SETTLEMENTS ON THE HUMBER RIVER 1 Gardiner Exp WALKING TIPS Dalesford Rd THE HIKER’S CODE REMEMBER This walkMendota is Rdapproximately 6.7 km long withF G Gardiner an •Xy StayW on the trails • All walks involve stairs and/or slopes estimatedF G Gardiner walking Xy Etime of 2.5 hours. The • Park Do Lawn notRd disturb wildlife • Walking surfaces vary and can include: hard Alternative andOxford Accessible St walks are usually • Keep dogs on a leash pavement, woodchips, grass, limestone nes, shorter and easier to walk. Manitoba St • Be cautious when crossing roads sand, and/or bare earth • Leave owers and plants for others to enjoy • Steps and paths are not lighted and not cleared *WalkAlgoma into St health. Use a pedometer to track your • Wear sutiable clothing and appropriate walking/ of ice and snow steps and keep you motivated on your Discovery Marine Parade Dr Grand Ave Grand Milton St Milton hiking shoes • Use at your own risk Melrose St Walk. • Walk with someoneLake Shore- it’s Blvd safer W and more fun! • Be aware of other trail users Portland St Harbourview Cres Parks, Forestry, and Recreation 2014 Bluewater Crt.