Explore the shore of Lake Ontario between the Humber River and Mimico Creek in southern Etobicoke and discover how it has changed over the last hundred years. Once the site of resorts and boat builders, by the mid-20th century the community of Humber Bay was known for summer cabins, restaurants and gambling dens. More recently, an infamous motel strip has been replaced by lofty condos which overlook beautiful parkland.

Explore this beautiful natural heritage area and learn how it evolved from Alexander Milne's pioneer farm and mill to Rupert Edward's 1942 country estate to today's public park and garden education centre. After the tour, take in the activities and displays of TBG's "Harvest Festival." For details, visit http://www.torontobotanicalgarden.ca/.

Hear stories of some of the early settlers of Weston on this tour of their final resting place. Some of the burials date back to 1828, when a 'Church of England' congregation and cemetery was established to serve the farm community. An optional tour of the interior of the current St. Philip's Anglican Church building, erected in the 1890s and expanded in the 1950s, will be available afterwards.

Explore Toronto's astronomical heritage on this tour of sites on and around the University of Toronto campus. Hear about the people and organizations, from 1840 to the present, who have contributed to the development of astronomy in Toronto, and how that development relates to the growth of Toronto and Canada.

Explore Davenport Hill during one of its times of transition; from a neighbourhood of grand estates to an era of suburban development. In the 1920s, Lady Eaton moved out of Ardwold, her city home, an orchestra played at the Casa Loma Hotel, the Austins of Spadina helped lead Toronto's New Symphony Orchestra and Ernest Hemingway typed articles for The Toronto Star at his home nearby.

Explore part of Lawrence Park, a residential neighbourhood that dates to 1907, when Wilfrid Servington Dinnick, the young, English-born president of a Toronto loan and mortgage company, purchased two farm properties near Yonge St. and Lawrence Ave. E. His intention was to create a garden suburb - one of the first in Canada - for the city's middle class.

At the conclusion of the tour, join the Toronto Public Library for the presentation of a Heritage Toronto plaque celebrating the George H. Locke Memorial Branch library. 

Explore the history of this one-time village of breweries and brickyards, which evolved into a "bedroom" community and is now an upscale shopping and residential area.

Broadview Avenue, once a "mere truck wagon track winding among the trees and underwood," connects a number of diverse neighbourhoods and fascinating slices of Toronto history. From the river's earliest mills to one of the city's newest landmarks, explore two centuries of change east of the Don.

William Lyon Mackenzie, Toronto's first mayor and leader of the 1837 Rebellion, witnessed many changes to our city between his arrival in the 1820s and his death in August 1861. Discover the Toronto that Mackenzie knew: his family, friends and enemies, fellow journalists and political rivals, Gothic cathedrals and cholera epidemics.

For a hundred years, the Don Valley Brickworks supplied the clay and bricks that helped to build Toronto. In excavating the clay, one of North America's most important geological sites was revealed. Discover the history of the site and the river valley that shelters it on this hike from Castle Frank Subway Station to the Brick Works. Hear about the work that is being done to preserve and transform this heritage industrial site into a community environmental centre that is a showcase for urban sustainability and green design.

For a information about the site and the shuttle service from the Brick Works to Broadview Subway Station, visit http://ebw.evergreen.ca/about/