Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #13 in Toronto, Canada

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 4.3 km
Ascend 86 m
Descend 47 m

Explore Toronto in Canada with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in TorontoIndividual Sights in Toronto

Sight 1: Sunnyside Park

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Sunnyside Park

Sunnyside Amusement Park was a popular amusement park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that ran from 1922 to 1955, demolished in 1955 to facilitate the building of the Metro Toronto Gardiner Expressway project. It was located on the Lake Ontario waterfront at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue, west of downtown Toronto.

Wikipedia: Sunnyside Amusement Park (EN)

672 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Colborne Lodge

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Colborne LodgeRobert Taylor from Stirling, Canada / CC BY 2.0

Colborne Lodge is an historic house museum located in an 1836 home in Toronto's High Park. John George Howard, an architect, engineer and prominent Toronto citizen, built this house, which became the property of the city following his death in 1890.

Wikipedia: Colborne Lodge (EN)

1012 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 3: High Park

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High ParkJeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA / CC BY 2.0

High Park is a municipal park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. High Park is a mixed recreational and natural park, with sporting facilities, cultural facilities, educational facilities, gardens, playgrounds and a zoo. One-third of the park remains in a natural state, with a rare oak savannah ecology. High Park was opened to the public in 1876 and is based on a bequest of land from John George Howard to the City of Toronto. It spans 161 hectares and is the second-largest municipal park in Toronto, after Centennial Park.

Wikipedia: High Park (EN)

1512 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 4: St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church

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St Vincent de Paul is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the Archdiocese of Toronto. It has been served since 1995 by clergy of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri and St. Philip's Seminary who reside at their primary parish of Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, Parkdale. The parish church is located on Roncesvalles Avenue west of downtown Toronto, and also serves the Catholic Parish of St Thomas More, a congregation in the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter.

Wikipedia: St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church (Toronto) (EN)

1101 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 5: Jami Mosque

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Jami Mosque is a mosque in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located just east of High Park, it is the oldest Canadian Islamic centre in the city and dubbed "the mother of all the mosques in Toronto".

Wikipedia: Jami Mosque, Toronto (EN)

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