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TRCA 2018 Report Card for Etobicoke Creek refers to ‘limited and often outdated stormwater management infrastructure’
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillToronto and Region Conservation has issued eleven Report Cards for watersheds under its jurisdiction. Click here to access the 2018 TRCA Report Card for Etobicoke Creek > Click here to access the other TRCA 2018 Watershed Report Cards > Click here for previous posts at Preserved Stories website regarding Etobicoke Creek > Below is a screenshot of […]
Team of quick-thinking residents saves the life of muskrat-like creature stuck on Etobicoke Creek Bridge at Marie Curtis Park
/1 Comment/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillOn many days, I walk from the vicinity of the Long Branch TTC Loop in Etobicoke (Toronto) to the Small Arms Building in Lakeview (Mississauga) at Dixie Road and Lakeshore Road East. It’s a walk that I enjoy; over the years I’ve been documenting, at this website, the changes and events that have been taking place […]
Cottage Country years of Etobicoke Creek and Long Branch Park came to an end
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillBelow are bullet points for a brief talk I gave on June 13, 2015. I share them for your interest. I just chose a few things to focus on, during the actual talk. I didn’t much refer to my notes. The talk went well. We had a good sound system. We just showed one or […]
Etobicoke Creek mystery spill may take a week to clean up: CBC, May 15, 2015
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Toronto/by Jaan PillA May 15, 2015 CBC article is entitled: “Etobicoke Creek mystery spill may take a week to clean up.” The opening paragraphs read: “Workers continued to clean up a mystery spill in Etobicoke Creek into the weekend – and to figure out just what caused it in the first place. “The spill, in the portion […]
View of the Lakeshore from Kipling to Etobicoke Creek
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillJohn Easton has forwarded a great link, for which we owe many thanks, which provides a view of the Lakeshore from Kipling to Etobicoke Creek: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.582897825112504.1073741839.559985550737065&type=1
Jim Carr helped us to identify the Henderson motorcycle in 1927 Etobicoke Creek photo
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillJim Carr, who passed away suddenly on June 3, 2014, some time back helped us to identify the make of the motorcycle – a Henderson – in a 1927 photo taken by the radial railway bridge at Etobicoke Creek. We’re assuming it was taken in 1927 because, as Mike James of Brampton has pointed out, […]
Comment from Norm Kennedy regarding request for Etobicoke Creek “Flats” photos. Norm Kennedy also enjoyed David Webster article.
/2 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’m pleased to share with you the following message from Norm Kennedy, which has been posted as a Comment at a recent blog post: Hello Jaan; It was very interesting to read your article about my old friend David Webster. This led me to reading a number of other posts. I lived on 41st street […]
Erosion along Etobicoke Creek Trail and parking proposal for north end of Marie Curtis Park
/1 Comment/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThere’s been some discussion, as a previous blog post indicates, concerning erosion along the Etobicoke Creek Trail. Recent correspondence between residents and officials indicates that in response to concerns regarding the trail erosion, staff have installed barricades. There has also been discussion regarding the option of additional parking at the north end of Marie Curtis Park on […]
Council endorses Etobicoke Creek Trail funding (July 24, 2013 Etobicoke Guardian article)
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA July 24, 2013 Etobicoke Guardian article by Tamara Shephard is entitled “Council endorses Etobicoke Creek Trail funding.” [Click on the link in previous sentence to access the article.] I owe thanks to Robert for letting me know of this story; a recent message from him reads as follows: Hey people… I saw this article […]