Colonel Samuel Smith Park features some of the best shorelines in the area. Courtesy photos.
BEAUTIFUL ERA type home on the property.
One of our more beautiful waterfront parks is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its opening this month.
The 200-acre Colonel Samuel Smith Park is named after Lieut.-Col. Samuel Smith, a historic figure who owned the property in the 1800s.
Development of the parklands began in the 1970s and Colonel Samuel Smith Park finally opened in 1996.
Much of the park was created from lakefill from former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital and the RL Clark Filtration Plant and is now one of the City’s largest waterfront parks.
The 250-metre, figure-eight-shaped rink which loops through the natural environment, was city’s first ice skating trail. It was installed by Councillor Mark Grimes in 2010.
The park is said to be one of the City’s top spots for bird watching, with over 200 different bird species in the area. It is also known by locals as a good spot for fishing.
It is the resting place for The New Toronto cenotaph, which was relocated after the closure of the Royal Canadian Legion on Eighth Street.
This park is located along a stretch of wooded shoreline in the Kipling and Lakeshore area. It is home to a variety of plants, trees, birds and other wildlife, as well as a network of paths and bike trails.