Toronto Tourism Magazine 2009 - (Page 39) By Trisse Loxley Photos by Raina + Wilson er lust Whether you want to get your toes wet or simply ponder the sparkling waves from shore, Toronto’s lakefront has something for everyone — even if you aren’t nautical by nature Like most port cities, Toronto has grown up around its waterfront. But unlike those other lakefront metropolises, Toronto has grown right into its lake. For more than 200 years (even longer than the city has been called Toronto), its boundaries have inched further and further into Lake Ontario — an extension that is the result of carefully planned and executed landfill. The boulevard that once skirted the water’s edge, Lake Shore Boulevard, is now blocks away from the lake. And Toronto’s waterfront continues to grow, with those added acres of landfill being transformed into one long, sparkling shoreline of sights and sand. “It’s the jewel of the city,” says Mike Filey, historian, Toronto Sun newspaper columnist and author of Discover & Explore Toronto’s Waterfront (Dundurn Press, 1998), a step-by-step guide to the city’s lakeshore, past and present. Aside from its natural beauty, what makes this ‘jewel’ so valuable, according to Filey, is “you don’t have to battle the traffic to get away from it all, you just have to get to the lake.” TORONTO 2009 | 39
Contributors
Welcome
Cityscapes
Toast of the Town
In the Night Garden
Gooooal!
Take a Moment
Faces of Toronto
Red Rocket
Past Perfection
Water Lust
The Artist’s City
Living the Green Dream
York Region and North Toronto
Mississauga Marvels
Vine Country
Discovery Walks
Neighbourhoods of Greater Toronto
Listings
Visitor Resources
2009 Event Calendar
Parting Shot
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