EVCco
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Here and There, Again - three days in November
Since my last post, last month, my travels have remained short and infrequent, so it would seem another compilation of mini-treks from the past couple of weeks is in order. As previously noted, the range of these short, infrequent treks has become increasingly obscure. Little could I know, then, that the first of this installment's treks (to investigate a series of small tributaries in the Humberwoods Park area) would coincide with current headlines. But indeed it did, as this journey just happened to begin around the Queen's Plate housing project which recently became somewhat (in)famous as the setting for this CNN report on Rob Ford:
Well, fancy that. Another point of interest at the above-pictured pond (which I unfortunately failed to catch on camera) was the sight of a Canada Goose getting rather "familiar" with what I first took to be a large duck, but later determined to be a Snow Goose. I was intrigued to learn that, although rare, this is not an unknown occurrence. Strange goings-on up in Etobicoke lately! Anyway, here are the rest of my pics from that day:
A few days later I head from the West Humber to the Lower Don, to cover a small stretch of the river which I had left somewhat lacking in the pictures department, up until now - that being the stretch between Eastern Avenue and the Gardiner. First up, the section between Eastern and the CN rail crossing, where I give the Old Eastern Ave bridge a thorough going-over:
And then from the tracks to the expressway, where the old Korex Don Valley plant gets its fair share of the spot-light:
My third and final trek, from yesterday, covers two spots in North York; the first being a short creek eminating from Prince Andrew Place which takes some drastic drops before emptying into Wilket Creek:
Ending now as I began, at a pond. This one just off the West Don, and tucked in behind the Ontario Science Centre, by the idyllically named Lung Cancer Canada Grove. I had actually tried to get to this one earlier in the year, but was literally chased off by swarms of unrelenting mosquitos. No such problems this time, though, in the brisk midst of November:
Since my last post, last month, my travels have remained short and infrequent, so it would seem another compilation of mini-treks from the past couple of weeks is in order. As previously noted, the range of these short, infrequent treks has become increasingly obscure. Little could I know, then, that the first of this installment's treks (to investigate a series of small tributaries in the Humberwoods Park area) would coincide with current headlines. But indeed it did, as this journey just happened to begin around the Queen's Plate housing project which recently became somewhat (in)famous as the setting for this CNN report on Rob Ford:
Well, fancy that. Another point of interest at the above-pictured pond (which I unfortunately failed to catch on camera) was the sight of a Canada Goose getting rather "familiar" with what I first took to be a large duck, but later determined to be a Snow Goose. I was intrigued to learn that, although rare, this is not an unknown occurrence. Strange goings-on up in Etobicoke lately! Anyway, here are the rest of my pics from that day:
A few days later I head from the West Humber to the Lower Don, to cover a small stretch of the river which I had left somewhat lacking in the pictures department, up until now - that being the stretch between Eastern Avenue and the Gardiner. First up, the section between Eastern and the CN rail crossing, where I give the Old Eastern Ave bridge a thorough going-over:
And then from the tracks to the expressway, where the old Korex Don Valley plant gets its fair share of the spot-light:
My third and final trek, from yesterday, covers two spots in North York; the first being a short creek eminating from Prince Andrew Place which takes some drastic drops before emptying into Wilket Creek:
Ending now as I began, at a pond. This one just off the West Don, and tucked in behind the Ontario Science Centre, by the idyllically named Lung Cancer Canada Grove. I had actually tried to get to this one earlier in the year, but was literally chased off by swarms of unrelenting mosquitos. No such problems this time, though, in the brisk midst of November:
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