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Toronto from the End of the World

Along the monotonous straight concrete road, past the sailboats and the smaller closed off coastal trails, three kilometres in I found myself on a floating bridge- and that’s when I was blessed with the first of several cinematic views of Toronto. Tommy Thomson Park rewards those willing to travel the old work roads deep into the sanctuary.

Tommy Thomson Park is accidental wilderness- human-made via land waste from the building of industry along the lakefront. Over time the area, cut off from the city due to its use, turned green, becoming the biodiversity preserve it is today. Running five kilometres out into Lake Ontario, the Park frames downtown Toronto to the north-west, with nature gorgeously engulfing the city.

I turned around to the south-east coast on my way home and ended up off the path- past a small purple and gold meadow, a cluster of tangled rusted cable and brick lay, jutting out into the water, that had caught my eye. The sky had grown dark, with the waves crashing against the shore- the mist of it dampening my hat. I turned around and saw the downtown core again, but this time it didn’t feel entirely as peaceful. This time it felt like I saw Toronto from the end of the world.

A ray of light peeked through the clouds, and a couple on bikes made their way through the meadow in front of me. The scene, so stark moments before, began to ease.

The accidental wilderness of Tommy Thompson Park is still at work, eating the leftover remains of the foundation of our city, but is building a sanctuary not just for wildlife but for us. The trek into the Park is dull, but it opens right up to an array of emotions the deeper you delve inside.

C - clairvoyant, the story so far

O - other end of the line, grimecraft

N - no one understands, bayside

N - nicole, hotel books

E - eagles vs crows, dance gavin dance

Same!