Caption: John Wilson, Aasiya H. with Deer / Don Forks
The Living Don: A River Walk with John Wilson
When: Wed., July 20, 2022 6 – 9 pm
Start and end: Evergreen Brick Works Courtyard, outside the Café
Route: Circular 5 km. walk on paved, flat multi-use paths and park trails, accessible for mobility devices.
Public transit: Check the Evergreen Brick Works web site.
Leader: John Wilson, Lost River Walks leader and former Chair, Task Force to Bring Back the Don
This walk will encounter the Don River as part of a living urban ecology. Along our route we will see Evergreen Brick Works, the Don River fish ladder, Beechwood wetland, Cottonwood Flats, Sun Valley, Crothers Woods and Taylor’s Middle Mill site. We will explore the story of the Don River – from Wonscotonach Indigenous landscape to post-industrial urban wild-land – a landscape of restoration and hope in a profoundly changing environment.
Rain or shine: In case of inclement weather we will explore the sheltered environment of the Don Valley Brick Works Park.
Free. Donations to Lost River Walks program of Toronto Green Community will be gratefully accepted.
This guided walk is presented as part of Mare Liberum's 'In Which We Draw A People's Map of the Don' project, through a partnership between Evergreen's Public Art Program and Waterfront Toronto’s Temporary Public Art program.
The project is made possible through generous support from ArtworxTO and the Canada Council for the Arts.