East Don Tributaries - four easy pieces
Speaking of Finland, if you thought I was
finnished with the East Don - well, so did I! But a quick review of my map the other day reminded me otherwise. So, I thought I'd take advantage of this last little bit of winter to gain some easy access into these few secluded streams still outstanding on my map before the spring foliage makes entering such places all the more difficult. As with all good plans, though, there was nothing easy about finding the source of the first stream, as I was still forced to fight my way through a mucky tangle of untamed marshland in the northwest corner of the East Don Parkland:
At last, I find the outfall (or, in this case, outfalls), and from there its a quick trip down to the Don:
I had originally expected a much easier 3 "pieces" on this trip, but, as I head south along the west bank of the East Don, I soon find another tributary not shown on my map, which leads me right back up into the swamp where it then disappears:
After an ill-fated, sock-soaking river crossing, I find the source of my next stream much easier to locate, past the remnants of its former course through Dallington Park, across the road in Glentworth Park, where it flows down to Sheppard Ave:
On the other side of Sheppard now, into the Betty Sutherland Trail area, where the stream enters the East Don right across from North York General Hospital:
And now the fourth, and final piece - the dell in the farm - just south of the previous stream, where a tiny creek cuts north into the backyards of the Henry Farm community:
Well, I don't know about you, but after that I could sure go for a chicken salad sandwich...
...or maybe just some Leipäjuusto?
