Urban Wilderness!

[EVCco]

Highland Creek, West Branch - left fork

I flip a coin and head west under McCowan Road:

Trekking towards the CP rail culvert:

Turning north through the mighty Brimley Cataracts:

Into North Agincourt Park:

North from Huntingwood to the branch terminus at Finch Ave:

 

[EVCco]

Highland Creek, West Branch - right fork

The lure of the other stream proves too tantalizing, so I head back to the forks, and north under Nugget Ave:

Just south of the CP marshalling yards I encounter "The Great Baffler":

Continuing north towards Middlefield Road:

Under McCowan Road, and into Iroquois Park:

From Finch Ave, through Brimley Woods, ending just south of McNicoll:

 

[brewster]

And I thought I knew everything about Scarborough. Thank you so much for the trip EVCco. I walk across a bridge every day in the s/e section of Bayview/Steeles. If you are ever looking for a new area to shoot start there and head south , I'm sure you will like the wilderness.

 

[EVCco]

^I hope to get out to the East Don Parklands area soon! It's one of the few areas of the city I've yet to explore. Unfortunately, it may be a while as I ran into another, much more serious camera mishap on my latest trip....


Highland Creek, Central Branch - river of woe

Beginning north of the 401, through Burrows Hall Park. Perhaps I should have heeded this ominous warning sign at the outset of my journey:

Under Sheppard Avenue, into Pine Tree Park:

Past McLevin and the CP line, into an industrial no-man's-land east of Markham Road:

Through a series of culverts at Brownes Corners (Finch & Markham):

The creek suddenly divides just east of Tiffield Road:

Looking down the west stream one sees the South Milliken skyline, resplendent in the colours of an early autumn's eve:

Looking up the north branch, another concrete culvert:

I head north, and shortly after taking this final photo my camera somehow manages to slide its way out of my pocket, falling to its doom in this very creek :

Rest In Peace Sanyo VPC-CG9.
You were a cheap camera, but a dependable one.
You will be missed.

 

[EVCco]

Sixteen Mile Creek - suburban wilderness

I'm back, and a little further afield than usual - exploring the northern stretches of 16 Mile Creek in the town of Milton; starting just north of Evergreen Cemetery:

The creek forks just north of Main Street:

Down the west fork to Rotary Park:

Up the east fork to Woodward Avenue:

...even in the most remote locations the graffiti people always find a way there first

 

[Red October]

^ You didn't follow it into Oakville where it actually gets pretty wide?

 

[EVCco]

Well, I wasn't actually in Milton to photograph the creek...
I just took those pics to waste an hour while waiting for the GO bus back to Toronto.


But rest assured, I will one day photograph every inch of every waterway in the GTA - or die trying!

 

[Red October]

Well, I wasn't actually in Milton to photograph the creek...
I just took those pics to waste an hour while waiting for the GO bus back to Toronto.


But rest assured, I will one day photograph every inch of every waterway in the GTA - or die trying!

Fair enough, I was just wondering because the Sixteen Mile is infinitely more picturesque in its Oakville stretch.

 

[EVCco]

Taylor Massey Creek - winter return

Clearing up some unfinished business before the start of the new year - heading north from the tip of Warden Woods at Warden and St. Clair:

In behind Warden Station:

East through St. Clair Ravine:

Into Pine Hills Cemetery:

Winding north through Farlinger Park:

Flashback to July - one of the hottest days of the year, with the humidity nearing 40 degrees - I head through Ionview, from Eglinton Ravine to Maida Vale Park:

Back to December - and one of the coldest days of the year, with wind chills as low as negative 17 degrees - I head due north, parallel with Crockford Boulevard:

The creek goes underground at Lawrence Avenue, but re-emerges a few blocks north at Manhattan Park and continues northwest through the backyards of Wexford:

Under the CP Rail culvert and into the Ellesmere neighbourhood:

The creek widens significantly at Willowfield Gardens, then terminates in a scenic pond at Terraview Park:

 

[r937]

Taylor Massey Creek - winter return

fabulous journey in photos, simply fabulous

you'd think it was out in the country, but it's in a large metropolis

st clair to 401 via a creek -- how long did the walk take?

 

[Jonny5]

I love this series. Thank you for the pictures.

Alas, poor Snowball I. Run over by the mayors beer-swilling brother Dou.... errr.... Clovis.

 

[brewster]

All new to me EVCco , great job. I live at V.P. and Ellesmere and didn't even know about the Terraview Pond , I'll have to wander over there and hopefully not fall in.

 

[EVCco]

Thanks again all!

st clair to 401 via a creek -- how long did the walk take?

I think I was out there about 5-6 hours, but to my knees it felt like 5-6 days...


PS
For anyone interested in non-GTA waterways, here's some pics from a small stretch of Dingman Creek in London that I shot last week:
http://www.panoramio.com/user/2045784/tags/Dingman Creek

 

[Lone Primate]

These are shots of the East Don north of Finch Avenue and the Old Cummer Avenue bridge. I think it's one of the loveliest parts of town.

 

[dbailey62]

These are shots of the East Don north of Finch Avenue and the Old Cummer Avenue bridge. I think it's one of the loveliest parts of town.

Ya, it's wonderful. I loved it back in the early 70's when I was attending YMCA day camps down there. The bridge was a disaster in those days so it is so nice to see it saved. Much of this has been discussed in past threads I believe. Camp DON-VA-CA and Camp EE-YO-CA I believe they were called.