At the bottom of Lake Iroquois.Glub, glub....
Where Am I Now?
On the shore of Lake Iroquois.Who Gives A Crap?
Hey hey, now....Does This Help?
Casa Loma.....Where The Hell Is Lake Iroquois?
It was (about 13,000 years ago anyway) just a little larger than Lake Ontario. It was a proglacial lake, created when ice dammed up The St. Lawrence River, preventing melting glacial water from escaping.
Hence its escarpment is only a few miles inland from - and 100 feet above - today's Lake Ontario shoreline.
Right where Casa Loma is!
And a hundred years ago made a great viewpoint for Toronto's rich and powerful.
(Further east, the Scarborough Bluffs also formed part of the Lake Iroquois shoreline...)
When the ice dam finally let loose and released the water, it created the ravine system running though Toronto.
Info courtesy of another Toronto Heritage Walk. You're welcome.
2 comments:
And a very nice day for a walk, I see. Glad to see you're getting regular exercise, old fella!
Yeah, I need it. And all the walks are free.
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