One of the great things about Toronto is the network of creeks, rivers, and ravines that runs through the city. I happened upon one of these yesterday. A small oasis in a Scarborough neighbourhood.
below: I was very surprised to see a heron standing quietly among the trees. I didn’t have a better lens to catch a decent photo of the bird, so this slightly fuzzy version with have to suffice. A heron in Scarborough! Considering how much ravine and park space there is Toronto, there is probably more wildlife living in the city than we realize.
below: What Toronto park doesn’t have Canada geese?
below: A tamarack tree, a unique tree because it is a deciduous conifer in that it has cones and needles like a conifer such as pine and spruce, but its needles turn yellow and fall off in autumn like a deciduous tree (such as oak or maple) does. Tamarack is also known as Larch.
below: A small oak tree planted in remembrance of a person from the community.
below: One end of the park is the concrete fence in the distance – a fence that separates the park and the 401 highway.
as I walk Toronto 
Is this park in the valley between Centennial College and Military trail? It is the only one I saw that abuts 401 and a hydro right of way.
It’s a bit west of that…. South of the 401 and east of Pharmacy. Terraview Park … and I think that it’s the Taylor-Massey Creek.
Thanks for posting this. I did not know this existed. It certainly didn’t in the 1950s when i was young and roaming all over Scarborough from the bluffs up to north of Steeles. I always enjoy your blog and often wonder how you come across the varied paths you follow.
I found this park by accident when I was driving. It was Pharmacy Ave that I was scouting out; I was curious to see where it ended (sounds silly doesn’t it?). I am running short of places where I haven’t walked before that might have something interesting to blog about! If you have any ideas, let me know!!
Have you ever gone out to the very end of Lawrence and seen Rouge Beach area. Also up north of the zoo on Old Finch and Sewells, old Bailey bridge.
I have walked a bit of the Rouge Beach area (but after a flood? a few years back? and parts of the trail were closed? Memory issues!) but I haven’t been north of the zoo. Thanks for the ideas!
We certainly are lucky with all the green areas we have in the city!