A 10-day peformance crossing Toronto from West to East by Canoe

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

The route



May 22 (Day 1)

Canoe is put in the water at Humberwood Blvd (Finch and 427 area). West Humber and Upper Humber river in the Thistletown area of North Etobicoke.

May 23 (Day 2)

Humber and sections of Black Creek to Lake Ontario

May 26 (Day 3)

Lake Ontario and Etobicoke Creek to Rathburn Avenue

May 27 (Day 4)

Portage East on Rathburn Road over Highway 427 to the Mimico Creek. Mimico Creek to Lake Ontario

May 28 (Day 5)

Lake Ontario, portage along Ellis Avenue from Sunnyside to Grenadier Pond and Catfish Pond then paddling along Lake Ontario, through Ontario Place to Harbourfront

May 29 (Day 6)

Toronto Islands, the Keating Channel and the Don River

May 30 (Day 7)

The portlands, portage over Leslie Spit and then Lake Ontario to Sylvan Park

June 2 (Day 8)

Lake Ontario then portage up Scarborough Bluffs in Guildwood village, over the Railway Tracks and under Kingston Road to the Highland Creek. Highland Creek to Lake Ontario

June 3 (Day 9)

Lake Ontario along to the Rouge Beach then up the Rouge River. Trip ends and canoe is picked up.

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