Birkdale Ravine.

[miketoronto]

Here are some pics from my walk through the Birkdale Ravine with my friend the other night.

I did not know this till I took the walk the other night, but the Birkdale Ravine was an old native Canadian village. It is connected with the burial groungs at Tabor Hill a couple blocks east of Birkdale Ravine.

 

[Copper1212]

Mike you really need to invest in a new camera.

 

[ganjavih]

Nice pics, Mike.

 

[MrOttawa]

I realy like that last house. Scarb does have some nice old houses. Some of what I used to think was the Beeches may be Scarb.

 

[Observer Walt]

Good pictures Mike; thank you. These pathways through the burbs connect us to nature. We need them.

 

[shawnmicallef]

The last house is William Thomson's 'Bonese' house -- of the Thomson settlement. It's on the corner of Brimley and St. Andrews Road.

Below are some photos from the Bendale: About Place virtual exhibit I worked on a while ago. Some good old scarborough pictures if you can follow the VMC's wonky navigation (and the non-flash version doesn't Firefox on me).

Rear view:

You can see the Bonese house in the "before" pic:

Brimley and Ellsemere 1956 or so

Scarborough General Hospital, looking northwest from McCowan and Lawrence 1954

Lots more on the site.