EVCco
Senior Member
Humber River - at long last
So I know some of you by now must be thinking: "EVCco - you've done the Don, the Etobicoke, and the Highland. You've done all these obscure little creeks and ravines, but when the heck are you gonna get to the Humber, gol dern it?!?!" OK! OK! People, please! I have heard your imaginary cries. If it's Humber you want then it's Humber you'll get! For the fact is I have gotten to the Humber, many-a-time before, albeit sporadically. Yesterday, however, I decided to take a good chunk out of it and travelled its banks from Eglinton Avenue down to the lake. So here it is - at least the southern end of it - patched up with some other photos taken over the years; starting with a few in and around the Ukrainian-Canadian Memorial Park, just north of Eglinton, from back in January of 2003 (when even then I was photographing ugly old manholes, storm grates, and what-have-you for no particular reason):
Now let's pick up right where I left off 9 years ago, under Eglinton Ave:
A quick glance north before heading south down the east bank:
Just up ahead, only a few yards away, I spot another urban wildlife first for me - a beaver! Animal expert that I am I figure I'll just walk up and get a nice tight shot of him. I mean, even if he runs away, how fast can a beaver move, right? Well, pretty fast as it turns out - especially once he gets in the water! Just as I'm about to snap my pic the beaver dives in the river and only a few seconds later he's about half a football field downstream on the other side, leaving me with yet another bad, blurry wildlife shot. At any rate, after taking this sub-par picture I follow his lead to the left bank and continue south through Scarlett Mills Park where I eventually find a more cooperative goose:
Across a little brook where Scarlett Mills becomes James Gardens:
Through Lambton Woods now, towards the soaring CP rail bridge:
Into Lambton Park and under Dundas West:
As the Humber winds its way between Étienne Brûlé and Home Smith parks it descends down a series of 6 cataracts - each more similar than the last:
[Damn you beavers! Why won't you stay in focus?!]
Angling around the Old Mill bridge towards the Bloor street and subway overpasses:
Out into the Benesh Coulee, then up into Kings Mill Park:
Down into the Humber Marshes and South Humber Park:
Taking both sides of the jumble of overpasses that are The Queensway, GO Rail, Gardiner, and Lake Shore Boulevard respectively:
[Note the differing street lamp styles on the Etobicoke and Toronto sides...]
Finally out into Humber Bay where, after some six hours (and 9 years), I complete my trek - at long last:
So I know some of you by now must be thinking: "EVCco - you've done the Don, the Etobicoke, and the Highland. You've done all these obscure little creeks and ravines, but when the heck are you gonna get to the Humber, gol dern it?!?!" OK! OK! People, please! I have heard your imaginary cries. If it's Humber you want then it's Humber you'll get! For the fact is I have gotten to the Humber, many-a-time before, albeit sporadically. Yesterday, however, I decided to take a good chunk out of it and travelled its banks from Eglinton Avenue down to the lake. So here it is - at least the southern end of it - patched up with some other photos taken over the years; starting with a few in and around the Ukrainian-Canadian Memorial Park, just north of Eglinton, from back in January of 2003 (when even then I was photographing ugly old manholes, storm grates, and what-have-you for no particular reason):
Now let's pick up right where I left off 9 years ago, under Eglinton Ave:
A quick glance north before heading south down the east bank:
Just up ahead, only a few yards away, I spot another urban wildlife first for me - a beaver! Animal expert that I am I figure I'll just walk up and get a nice tight shot of him. I mean, even if he runs away, how fast can a beaver move, right? Well, pretty fast as it turns out - especially once he gets in the water! Just as I'm about to snap my pic the beaver dives in the river and only a few seconds later he's about half a football field downstream on the other side, leaving me with yet another bad, blurry wildlife shot. At any rate, after taking this sub-par picture I follow his lead to the left bank and continue south through Scarlett Mills Park where I eventually find a more cooperative goose:
Across a little brook where Scarlett Mills becomes James Gardens:
Through Lambton Woods now, towards the soaring CP rail bridge:
Into Lambton Park and under Dundas West:
As the Humber winds its way between Étienne Brûlé and Home Smith parks it descends down a series of 6 cataracts - each more similar than the last:
[Damn you beavers! Why won't you stay in focus?!]
Angling around the Old Mill bridge towards the Bloor street and subway overpasses:
Out into the Benesh Coulee, then up into Kings Mill Park:
Down into the Humber Marshes and South Humber Park:
Taking both sides of the jumble of overpasses that are The Queensway, GO Rail, Gardiner, and Lake Shore Boulevard respectively:
[Note the differing street lamp styles on the Etobicoke and Toronto sides...]
Finally out into Humber Bay where, after some six hours (and 9 years), I complete my trek - at long last:
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