Goldie
Senior Member
Some areas of the old CNoR line are still accessible such as this paved path thru Thomson Park.
The path between some industrial buildings is also visible.
It's probably blocked where there are now residential neighbourhoods.
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Urban Wilderness!
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Some areas of the old CNoR line are still accessible such as this paved path thru Thomson Park.
The path between some industrial buildings is also visible.
It's probably blocked where there are now residential neighbourhoods.
EVCco
Senior Member
Finch Corridor - moving on
After nearly a month since my last post, you'd think I'd have moved on from Scarborough by now. Yet here I am again, exploring the east end - albeit now making steady progress back towards the west. You see, having already trekked the Gatineau Hydro Corridor (along with a few other lower-voltage power lines) it seemed only logical that I should start to tackle the city's other 230kV right-of-way, the Finch Corridor. And, being more of a morning person, it also seemed logical to proceed in a westerly direction, keeping the sun at my back (while there was sun) as I shot my way along. That said, this series will once again feature a smattering of photos from previous outings - mostly at the very beginning of this particular installment. So, without any further ado, let's begin at the beginning, near Pickering Town Line, and follow the sun towards the Malvern Transmission Station:
Moving on past Malvern Station, now, and on to McCowan Road:
From McCowan Road I keep moving along to the Agincourt Transmission Station:
Since I've moved on from the city's ravines and wetlands to the rather more artificial landscape of these hydro lines, I naturally assumed I'd be leaving behind much of the city's wildlife as well. As it turns out, however, nothing could have been further from the truth. During these recent trips under the humming wires I've seen hawks, falcons, rabbits, woodchucks, snakes, and now an animal I had never seen in any of my previous wilderness walks - coyotes! Two of them, in fact, just east of Kennedy Road. Moving on from that encounter, I continue west to Victoria Park Avenue, ending the Scarborough section of the corridor:
To be continued...
After nearly a month since my last post, you'd think I'd have moved on from Scarborough by now. Yet here I am again, exploring the east end - albeit now making steady progress back towards the west. You see, having already trekked the Gatineau Hydro Corridor (along with a few other lower-voltage power lines) it seemed only logical that I should start to tackle the city's other 230kV right-of-way, the Finch Corridor. And, being more of a morning person, it also seemed logical to proceed in a westerly direction, keeping the sun at my back (while there was sun) as I shot my way along. That said, this series will once again feature a smattering of photos from previous outings - mostly at the very beginning of this particular installment. So, without any further ado, let's begin at the beginning, near Pickering Town Line, and follow the sun towards the Malvern Transmission Station:
Moving on past Malvern Station, now, and on to McCowan Road:
From McCowan Road I keep moving along to the Agincourt Transmission Station:
Since I've moved on from the city's ravines and wetlands to the rather more artificial landscape of these hydro lines, I naturally assumed I'd be leaving behind much of the city's wildlife as well. As it turns out, however, nothing could have been further from the truth. During these recent trips under the humming wires I've seen hawks, falcons, rabbits, woodchucks, snakes, and now an animal I had never seen in any of my previous wilderness walks - coyotes! Two of them, in fact, just east of Kennedy Road. Moving on from that encounter, I continue west to Victoria Park Avenue, ending the Scarborough section of the corridor:
To be continued...
johntauren
Active Member
These pictures and treks are amazing.
EVCco
Senior Member
Much appreciated, johntauren~
EVCco
Senior Member
Finch Corridor - west by north york
At last, I've managed to remove myself from Scarborough and now set out to traverse the wide expanse of North York (or, at least, the greater part of it). Today's trek didn't seem to engender the need for any sort of elaborate preamble, so let's get right into it - heading west, as always, from Victoria Park Ave to the Leslie Transmission Station:
On from Leslie Station to the Newtonbrook Creek:
Past Maxome Avenue now, and the obligatory allotment garden, to Fairchild Transmission Station, just west of Yonge Street:
This section of corridor, with its paved trails and parking lots, is somewhat more indicative of the "artificial environment" I commented on in the last installment. Yet, although the larger and more exotic wildlife may be less conspicuous in these parts, many of the city's more humble residents are on clear display if one takes the time for a closer look:
Across the North York Civic Soccer Fields, one reaches a transformer junction feeding wires along another, perpendicular hydro corridor. This short power line heads down to the Bathurst Transmission Station - but that's not in the direction I'm heading! So, with a quick glance south, I continue west to the next major feature in my path, the G. Ross Lord Reservoir:
On the other side of the reservoir the corridor follows the York University Busway through a highly industrialized landscape of fuel tanks and warehouses, to the termination of today's post (...and the beginning of the next one) at Keele Street:
See you next time...
At last, I've managed to remove myself from Scarborough and now set out to traverse the wide expanse of North York (or, at least, the greater part of it). Today's trek didn't seem to engender the need for any sort of elaborate preamble, so let's get right into it - heading west, as always, from Victoria Park Ave to the Leslie Transmission Station:
On from Leslie Station to the Newtonbrook Creek:
Past Maxome Avenue now, and the obligatory allotment garden, to Fairchild Transmission Station, just west of Yonge Street:
This section of corridor, with its paved trails and parking lots, is somewhat more indicative of the "artificial environment" I commented on in the last installment. Yet, although the larger and more exotic wildlife may be less conspicuous in these parts, many of the city's more humble residents are on clear display if one takes the time for a closer look:
Across the North York Civic Soccer Fields, one reaches a transformer junction feeding wires along another, perpendicular hydro corridor. This short power line heads down to the Bathurst Transmission Station - but that's not in the direction I'm heading! So, with a quick glance south, I continue west to the next major feature in my path, the G. Ross Lord Reservoir:
On the other side of the reservoir the corridor follows the York University Busway through a highly industrialized landscape of fuel tanks and warehouses, to the termination of today's post (...and the beginning of the next one) at Keele Street:
See you next time...
EVCco
Senior Member
Finch Corridor - vanishing point
It recently came to my attention that Panoramio, the site which hosts all my Urban Wilderness photos, and from which I link to this thread, is not long for this world. A little over a month ago it was announced that, at some still indeterminate time in the future, Panoramio will gradually be subsumed into something called Google Maps Views. Although there are plans to have existing Panoramio accounts/pics "migrate" over to the new site, details as to how, and how well this will be done are rather sketchy. At very least, it's probably safe to assume that all the current image hotlinks in this thread will eventually become non-functional, leaving only the text. As I doubt I'll ever find the time to go back and relink some 10,000 images over all my previous posts, it would seem the race is now on to finish documenting everything in the city I've been meaning to get to before this all disappears into the virtual ether...
So let's check another one off the list, and finish off the Finch Hydro Corridor by starting at Keele Street, where construction on the Y-U-S subway extention is well underway, and heading further west to the Black Creek:
From Black Creek I head through the Jane & Finch area to Highway 400:
Just west of Highway 400 sits the Finch Transmission Station, after which the corridor takes an abrupt bend southwest towards the Humber River and Etobicoke:
Continuing southwest from the Humber to Rexdale Boulevard:
We're entering into some highly industrialized areas now, past the Brampton railway subdivision and on to Highway 409:
Beyond Highway 409 to where the Finch Hydro Corridor and Etobicoke Hydro Corridor cross paths at the massive Richview Transmission Station:
From one type of interchange to another, I complete my tour of northwest-end expressways heading across Highway 27 to the confluence of the 401 and 427:
Winding things up west of Renforth Drive, at Centennial Park and the Centennial Park Golf Centre:
The Toronto portion of the Finch Corridor ends here, with the rest of the city, at the Etobicoke Creek. But the remainder of the line continues on through Mississauga (presumably now under a different name) and beyond - wires strung to the horizon, vanishing somewhere off in the far distance. And so, I too may continue on where I've ended here today - picking up on my "Missing Links" series of riparian golf course segments, now that winter is on its way back...
It recently came to my attention that Panoramio, the site which hosts all my Urban Wilderness photos, and from which I link to this thread, is not long for this world. A little over a month ago it was announced that, at some still indeterminate time in the future, Panoramio will gradually be subsumed into something called Google Maps Views. Although there are plans to have existing Panoramio accounts/pics "migrate" over to the new site, details as to how, and how well this will be done are rather sketchy. At very least, it's probably safe to assume that all the current image hotlinks in this thread will eventually become non-functional, leaving only the text. As I doubt I'll ever find the time to go back and relink some 10,000 images over all my previous posts, it would seem the race is now on to finish documenting everything in the city I've been meaning to get to before this all disappears into the virtual ether...
So let's check another one off the list, and finish off the Finch Hydro Corridor by starting at Keele Street, where construction on the Y-U-S subway extention is well underway, and heading further west to the Black Creek:
From Black Creek I head through the Jane & Finch area to Highway 400:
Just west of Highway 400 sits the Finch Transmission Station, after which the corridor takes an abrupt bend southwest towards the Humber River and Etobicoke:
Continuing southwest from the Humber to Rexdale Boulevard:
We're entering into some highly industrialized areas now, past the Brampton railway subdivision and on to Highway 409:
Beyond Highway 409 to where the Finch Hydro Corridor and Etobicoke Hydro Corridor cross paths at the massive Richview Transmission Station:
From one type of interchange to another, I complete my tour of northwest-end expressways heading across Highway 27 to the confluence of the 401 and 427:
Winding things up west of Renforth Drive, at Centennial Park and the Centennial Park Golf Centre:
The Toronto portion of the Finch Corridor ends here, with the rest of the city, at the Etobicoke Creek. But the remainder of the line continues on through Mississauga (presumably now under a different name) and beyond - wires strung to the horizon, vanishing somewhere off in the far distance. And so, I too may continue on where I've ended here today - picking up on my "Missing Links" series of riparian golf course segments, now that winter is on its way back...
Goldie
Senior Member
EVCco writes (a sad tale):
"It recently came to my attention that Panoramio, the site which hosts all my Urban Wilderness photos, and from which I link to this thread, is not long for this world. A little over a month ago it was announced that, at some still indeterminate time in the future, Panoramio will gradually be subsumed into something called Google Maps Views. Although there are plans to have existing Panoramio accounts/pics "migrate" over to the new site, details as to how, and how well this will be done are rather sketchy. At very least, it's probably safe to assume that all the current image hotlinks in this thread will eventually become non-functional, leaving only the text. As I doubt I'll ever find the time to go back and relink some 10,000 images over all my previous posts, it would seem the race is now on to finish documenting everything in the city I've been meaning to get to before this all disappears into the virtual ether…"
This is further evidence of the warning I have been passing along to my friends and relatives for years. Any photographs stored as bits & bytes, whether on our hard drives, memory devices, web pages or "the cloud" are susceptible to unexpected loss and/or erasure. It should come as no surprise when this happens and our prized and personal images vanish into cyberspace.
The only way for 'permanent' preservation of images is to have paper prints made of the images we value. We should take advantage of the many services that make 4x6 prints for as little as $0.15 each.
"It recently came to my attention that Panoramio, the site which hosts all my Urban Wilderness photos, and from which I link to this thread, is not long for this world. A little over a month ago it was announced that, at some still indeterminate time in the future, Panoramio will gradually be subsumed into something called Google Maps Views. Although there are plans to have existing Panoramio accounts/pics "migrate" over to the new site, details as to how, and how well this will be done are rather sketchy. At very least, it's probably safe to assume that all the current image hotlinks in this thread will eventually become non-functional, leaving only the text. As I doubt I'll ever find the time to go back and relink some 10,000 images over all my previous posts, it would seem the race is now on to finish documenting everything in the city I've been meaning to get to before this all disappears into the virtual ether…"
This is further evidence of the warning I have been passing along to my friends and relatives for years. Any photographs stored as bits & bytes, whether on our hard drives, memory devices, web pages or "the cloud" are susceptible to unexpected loss and/or erasure. It should come as no surprise when this happens and our prized and personal images vanish into cyberspace.
The only way for 'permanent' preservation of images is to have paper prints made of the images we value. We should take advantage of the many services that make 4x6 prints for as little as $0.15 each.
EVCco
Senior Member
^ Sound advice, indeed! Although you rightly place 'permanent' in quotations, for printed pictures are themselves classed as ephemera for a reason. I've lost my fair share of photographs over the years, as well. But it's something of a moot point in this case, anyway, since the vast majority of my Panoramio pics were taken at rather unprintworthy sizes. Still, they may yet appear somewhere as hard copies if one puts any stock in efforts such as these - http://printingtheinternet.tumblr.com
As for now I can only rely on Archive.org's somewhat spotty "Wayback Machine" coverage for the digital continuation of this thread - but then, who knows how long that will last? Ah well, all things must pass... C'est la vie... Kumbaya... Abracadabra, and all that...
As for now I can only rely on Archive.org's somewhat spotty "Wayback Machine" coverage for the digital continuation of this thread - but then, who knows how long that will last? Ah well, all things must pass... C'est la vie... Kumbaya... Abracadabra, and all that...
Goldie
Senior Member
"Printing the Internet," what an amazing concept - I had not heard of it before - thanks for the link EVCco.
I'm very fond of photographs that have survived in spite of their age. This 160-year-old image can be viewed today only because it was made during the time of 'hard-copy' photography.
I'm sure hundreds of photos have been taken of Niagara Falls today (Nov. 9, 2014) - will any be visible a hundred years hence?
I'm very fond of photographs that have survived in spite of their age. This 160-year-old image can be viewed today only because it was made during the time of 'hard-copy' photography.
I'm sure hundreds of photos have been taken of Niagara Falls today (Nov. 9, 2014) - will any be visible a hundred years hence?
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