Gordon: We have been following the Waterfront Trail east of Toronto. For the first 100 kms we were almost continuously in parkland or housing subdivisions. The trail was well marked and there was frequent access to infrastructure such as picnic tables, washrooms and public beaches. It was very pleasant and quite attractive. About midday today, however, we moved from the suburbs to a more rural ...
Ruth: Much to everyone's surprise this is my first trip to Toronto. With only two days to discover this place we, have narrowed our focus to just a few neighbourhoods. We are staying in Cabbagetown, once a working class neighborhood and still filled with Victorian cottages and row houses. The houses have been largely preserved but the gentrification has forced most of the working class ...
The 150th birthday party has started across the country, and what a time to start a bike trip through the area that was first called Canada. The festivities are already on, even in the places like Vancouver Island where Confederation didn't happen until 1871. One hundred and fifty years ago Canada encompassed a much smaller area, with four provinces including a tiny Quebec and Ontario ...