City Walk - York Mills to Davisville

  • 05 Jan 2020
  • 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • York Mills Subway Station, ground floor of the York Mills Centre, near the Starbucks

Meet at 10 AM at the York Mills Subway Station, ground floor of the York Mills Centre, near the Starbucks.

We will walk about 11 Km from York Mills to Davisville Station, staying fairly close to Yonge Street. The walk will be almost entirely on city sidewalks, with only a brief walk in a park (if it is not slippery). Light hiking shoes or boots, suitable for the weather conditions would be appropriate.

Points of interest and early exits are at:

  • 0.0 Km - York Mills Centre (Starbucks, bathroom)
  • 0.2 Km - Hogg's Hollow Disaster plaque
  • 0.9 Km - Jolly Miller Tavern
  • 1.2 Km - Millstone Parkette
  • 2.0 Km - Yonge Boulevard Parkette (Toronto's Northern Gateway)
  • 3.0 Km - Kristapson's Smoked Salmon
  • 3.1 Km - Tim Hortons (coffee/bathroom)
  • 4.0 Km - early exit to Lawrence bus (about 500 m walk to Lawrence Station)
  • 5.0 Km - Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens (early exit to Lawrence Station about 500m walk)
  • 6.5 Km (possible emergency bathroom break at Tim Hortons (Yonge & Sheldrake))
  • 6.7 Km - early exit to Yonge St. bus
  • 6.8 Km - St. Clements School
  • 7.4 Km - Duplex Ave. & Orchard View Blvd., approx 200 m walk to Eglinton Station
  • 7.7 Km - North Toronto Community Centre (bathroom break)
  • 8.9 Km - Blooming Orchid Restaurant (lunch stop, early exit to Eglinton bus (to Eglinton or Eglinton West Stations))
  • 10.8 Km - Davisville Station (Tim Hortons, Starbucks)

The route is available on Ride with GPS at: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31675268

Note that there is no scheduled subway outage this weekend, however, please check https://www.ttc.ca/Service_Advisories/Subway_closures/index.jsp in case there are any further changes.

Non-members are welcome. They will be asked to sign the waiver form but will not be charged the non-member fee.

For more information check the TBN website under PROGRAMS - FALL/WINTER - CITY WALKS (https://tbn.ca/programs/fallwinter/citywalks) for a description of the Winter Walk program. If you have any questions, email me at citywalks@tbn.ca.

John Burdett - City Walk Coordinator



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