A beach stroll under the Cathedral Bluffs, then a descent through Gates Gully and a long shoreline walk east beneath the cliffs, climbing at the end into Guild Park’s sculpture garden of rescued buildings.
مقاطع
- Bluffer's Park and the Cathedral Bluffs
Bluffer's Park parking ← West end of Bluffer's beach and back
Flat beach promenade and sand
Start at the only real beach under the Bluffs. Walk the promenade and the sand west toward the tallest faces, the Cathedral Bluffs, where rain and wind have carved the clay into ribs and spires that look like a Gothic facade. Stay well back from the base. Early morning is the time: the light is on the cliffs and the lots are still open. About 45 minutes, then drive or taxi to Ravine Drive.
- Down the Doris McCarthy Trail
Ravine Drive trailhead ← Lakeshore at the foot of Gates Gully
Steep paved and gravel ravine path
The trail drops about 90 metres in under a kilometre through Gates Gully, a wooded ravine cut by a small creek, on a smooth but steep path; cyclists are told to dismount. It is named for Doris McCarthy, the landscape painter who lived and worked on the clifftop above for most of her long life. At the bottom a large steel sculpture, shaped like both a canoe and the ribcage of a fish, marks the meeting with the lake. About 20 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
Doris McCarthy, LL. D. was a Canadian artist known for her semi-abstracted landscapes. In a 2004 interview with Harold Klunder, the artist remarked:I was influenced very strongly by the tradition of going out into nature and painting what was there. I bought it. And I still buy it.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Vickyjones at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 - The western viewpoint
Foot of Gates Gully ← End of the western path and back
Gravel shoreline path
Turn right first, for about half a kilometre along the water, to where the path ends in a view back west along the cliffs toward Bluffer's Park. This is the classic picture of the Bluffs: white walls rising out of blue water, with no houses in sight. There is no way through to Bluffer's without wading, so turn back. About 20 minutes.
- The Guildwood shoreline
Foot of Gates Gully ← Shore below Guild Park
Gravel path, boardwalk, armour stone and pebble beach
Now the long stretch: east along the water's edge under the Bluffs, on a mix of gravel path, boardwalk and rock. The cliffs stay above you on the left the whole way, the lake on the right, and on a weekday you may meet almost no one. Near the Sylvan Park headland, look for the remains of the steamship Alexandria, which can sometimes be seen just breaking the surface. About 1 hour 15 minutes.
- Up to Guild Park
Shore below Guild Park ← Guild Park tableland
Climbing park path
Leave the shore on the access path that climbs to the top of the Bluffs at Guild Park. This is the only real uphill of the day, and the view back over the lake from the top is the reward. About 20 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
Guildwood, also known as Guildwood Village, is a residential neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the eastern area of the city, in the district of Scarborough. It is bounded by the Scarborough Bluffs, south of Kingston Road, from Grey Abbey Trail in the east.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA · CC BY 2.0 - The Guild ruins
Guild Park tableland ← Guild Inn
Park paths and lawns
Rosa and Spencer Clark bought this estate in 1932 and turned it into the Guild of All Arts, an artists' colony and inn. From the 1950s they collected pieces of more than 60 demolished Toronto buildings and set them in the gardens: arches, carved stonework, and the marble columns of the Bank of Toronto, now framing an outdoor Greek Theatre. Walk the ruins, then finish at the restored Guild Inn. About 30 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
Guild Park and Gardens is a public park in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The park was formerly the site of an artist colony and is notable for its collection of relics saved from the demolition of buildings primarily in downtown Toronto arranged akin to ancient ruins. Located on the Scarborough Bluffs, Guild Park and Gardens has an outdoor Greek stage and a 19th-century log cabin among the oldest in Toronto. The principal building in the park is the Guild Inn, a former inn and estate mansion.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA · CC BY 2.0
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