Listening to water stories at Biidaasige Park

This Jane’s Walk will tend to the water stories and histories of Biidaasige Park. Taking a journey through time we will think collectively about the movements of water that made this park what it is today: beginning with the Ice Age when this place sat a kilometre under the Laurentide Glacier, to the prehistoric proglacial Lake Iroquois, to the Ashbridges Marsh, then infilled industrial site (Port Lands) to today's revitalized and meandering Don River mouth.

The 1 hour walk will begin on Commissioner Street Bridge. We will then walk along Commissioner's Street to enter into Biidaasige Park, near Raccoon Terrace, where we will follow the gravel trail that meanders along the new river mouth. Inspired by Pauline Oliveros’ deep listening prompts, we will pause along the trail to collectively attune to the water’s history through sound, not just sight. Our walk will end on Cherry Street Bridge overlooking the revitalized park, city skyline and Lake Ontario.
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Walk Start Location:

Commissioners Street Bridge, 150 Commissioners St. Port Lands, Toronto.

Walk End Location:

Cherry Street South Bridge, 242 Cherry St. Lower Don Lands, Toronto.