West Don River - double-ender
As promised, starting north of Sheppard in the early morning:
Heading north through the Hinder Property hinterland:
West, under Bathurst Street:
In behind the Toronto Jewish Community Centre:
Up through the Carscadden Greenbelt:
Entering the Hearthstone Valley Greenbelt I become momentarily estranged from the river as I negotiate a confusing network of bike trails and pathways:
More strange relics of the city's past as I emerge into the West Don Parkland; starting with an oddly-located and long-forgotton basketball court, then leading to yet another mysterious concrete ruin:
On through Finch Avenue:
Out behind Robert Hicks Drive:
One of the more imposing structures on the Don - the G. Ross Lord Dam:
And where there's a G. Ross Lord Dam, one usually finds a G. Ross Lord Reservoir:
The West Don reappears just north of Westminster Memorial Gardens in a muddy flood-plain. By the way, if you know anyone buried there, and have ever wondered where all the old flowers, candles and other such grave decorations end up, apparently they end up here. Kind of a creepy place, actually:
Over a never-ending series of bridges, through G. Ross Lord Park, for the final leg:
So here we are at Steeles Avenue, and thus ends the Toronto section of the West Don River.
..or does it?
As I walk east along Steeles to Bathurst, just before Carnival Court I notice another one of those Don Watershed signs reading "West Don River."
But wait a minute! I just left the West Don...didn't I? Well, we'll see about that... I head down and find another stream emerging at Fisherville Road, which I follow south through Hidden Trail Park:
Past another bridge and I end up back in G. Ross Lord Park, where the stream meets up the West Don - or is that vice versa?:
Back home I consult the Vaughan section of my MapArt street map and see that the second stream could be a continuation of the Westminster Creek - though things get a little hazy around Loma Vista Drive.
Anyone out there that could shed some light on the situation?
