Baby Point Uncovered

Name: Baby Point Uncovered
Start: 2026-09-06T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-09-06T12:30:00-04:00
Location: Étienne Brûlé Park

September 6 at 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Walk an ancient trail and uncover 9,000 years of history beneath one of Toronto’s garden-inspired neighbourhoods.

On this tour, you’ll learn about the Indigenous history buried along the Humber River section of the ancient Carrying Place Trail, visit the former site of Teiaiagon, a 17th-century Seneca village, and explore how Euro-Canadian settlement reshaped the land. We’ll also discover how the Baby Estate and Robert Home Smith’s garden-style suburb transformed this land into the neighbourhood we see today.

This tour is developed and offered in partnership with ASI and will be led by Emily Meikle, a field archaeologist at ASI. She earned her BA in Anthropology and English Literature from McGill University and her Master of Museum Studies from the University of Toronto. She holds an Applied Research archaeological license from the province of Ontario and has worked as an archaeologist in the field and in the lab since 2012.

A group of people appear along a sidewalk with a central pair embracing each other. In the background storefronts appear with a stone gate pillar visible on the far left. — Tour at the Baby Point Gates, May 12, 2019. Image by Kristen McLaughlin.

Group of people stand on grass next to a river in a park-like setting. — Tour participants, Baby Point Uncovered, July 29, 2023. Image by Oscar Akamine.

Tour participants surround a garden within a park. — Etienne Brule Park at Baby Point Uncovered Tour, July 29, 2023. Image by Oscar Akamine.

Image of a group standing together in the rain looking at a house — Tour of Baby Point neighbourhood, May 12, 2019. Image by Kristen McLaughlin.

Registration

This tour is provided for $8.00/person. The total cost is $10.05 (includes a $2.05 transaction fee). Please note that space is limited on our tours. You may not be able to join a tour group if you have not registered ahead of time through our website.

Étienne Brûlé Park

10 Catherine Ave
Toronto, ON M6S + Google Map

Accessibility

This tour is approximately 1.2 kilometres in distance and takes place on paved city sidewalks and some unpaved nature trails. There are steep uphill inclines on some paved sidewalks, and some stair-climbing will be required.

Public washrooms are located close to the parking lot of Etienne Brûlé Park and at the York Mills Tennis Club at Catherine Ave and York Mill Dr.

FAQs

Our staff and volunteers will be at the tour’s starting location 30 minutes prior to each tour. Please arrive at least 10-15 minutes prior to the start of the tour to allow time for check-in. Feel free to call us at (647) 542-3450 if you are having trouble finding the start location.

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Walk an ancient trail and uncover 9,000 years of history beneath one of Toronto’s garden-inspired neighbourhoods.