Gettin' Educated

Went on my first Heritage Toronto walk.

Through the leafy enclaves of North Rosedale. Where all the early elites lived (and still do, from the looks of things).


Our excellent and interesting guide, Ed Freeman, not only related architectural details, but also provided an historical and, unexpectedly, geological perspective on the area.

(He's a geologist, we later found out.)

Turns out, where we were standing used to to be the floor of Lake Iroquois, 13,000 years ago, back in the glacier days.

The shoreline was just south of Casa Loma (hence the great view), along Davenport and all the way out to the Scarborough Bluffs.

Oh, and there were a bunch of old houses on the tour.

Actually, the list of previous owners in the area reads like a Who's Who of early Toronto society.

If you actually knew any of early Toronto's society folk. I took Ed's word for it.

For example, Gordie Lightfoot used to live here.

And....somebody else famous lived here.

You get the idea.

At this point, the tour organizer's made a critical logistical error and routed us too close to The Rebel House ale pub.

So although it is also an historical site, no more pictures, or learnin', today.