THANKS TO LOCKDOWN, IT’S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE I LEFT MY HOMETOWN, so I was looking for an excuse for a day trip, to find something Toronto doesn’t have. As I’ve discovered for myself, the city has plenty of …
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Hometown Lockdown: A Trip from the Airport to the Lake by Etobicoke Creek
I CAME TO ETOBICOKE CREEK BECAUSE I WANTED TO FLY. There are a lot of rivers and creeks with public trails all over my city – and maybe I’ll get to some or all of them if the lockdown continues …
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Hometown Lockdown: On the beaten path down the Humber River to the Lake
THE HISTORY OF EVERY CITY BEGINS WITH WATER, whether it’s an ocean harbour, a lakeport or a river. In Toronto’s case, this means two rivers and many, many creeks and streams – the whole city is built on a landscape …
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Instagramable: Fall colors and waterfalls in Dundas
WINTER HAS COME EARLY THIS YEAR so our fall – brief as it was – had to be savoured quickly and greedily. That meant a trip to Dundas, Ontario and the Spencer Gorge on an October weekend, just as the …
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Instagramable: Fall Colours and the Group of Seven in Kleinburg
FALL COLOURS IN ONTARIO ARE A BITTERSWEET THING – they’re lovely, but they mean that winter is on the way. Leaves begin turning in September in the north and make their way down the province to the lakes like wildfire. …
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