A celebration hosted by the Bloor East Neighbourhood Association (BENA) and the South Rosedale Residents’ Association (SRRA) will be held on September 13, 2025, to mark the official opening of the new Morley Callaghan Bridge. The bridge, a significant piece of local infrastructure crossing the Rosedale Valley Ravine, connecting north St James Town and South …
Cudmore Creek Ravine may be midtown’s forgotten ravine, but it hasn’t been completely overlooked. On June 20, the City completed the Cudmore Creek Wetland and Trailhead Project, which has transformed a section of this ravine into an oasis of biodiversity, and a destination for users of the Crother’s Woods trail network. The site of the …
A deteriorated ravine path, which some call “the missing link” in Toronto’s recreational trail system, may soon be coming back to life with the help from a midtown residents’ group. Funding for the first steps toward rehabilitating the long-neglected trail through the Vale of Avoca, a steep valley near Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue E., was approved by council …
This erosion control project (cost: approximately $2 million) is the second attempt at preventing the stream from undercutting the ravine slopes below Summerhill Gardens. An earlier under-engineered attempt at a lower-cost solution in 2019-20 was swept away by summer storms the following July. The engineering of the 2025 project is in part the result of …
New Morley Callaghan bridge After six years (design started in 2019), the bridge linking South Rosedale to the east entrance to the Sherbourne station is almost ready to open. Lighting on the bridge and in the tunnel at the south end will make the bridge considerably safer to use at night. Path alongside Rosedale Valley …
Volunteers who fill a need on their own Rob Spindler saw a problem in his local ravine – Yellow Creek/Vale of Avoca and decided to do something about it. What started out as a one-man operation has blossomed into an annual community event in Moore Park. Listen to the May 1, 2025 Hidden Gems Toronto …
Engineering based on outdated rainfall assumptions This culvert, built in the last two decades, was simply inadequate to handle the amount of rainfall we got on July 16, 2024. The solution: opening up the stream below the switchback path up to Chorley Park, so that the undersized culvert is no longer there to dam a …
This erosion control project (cost: approximately $2 million) is the second attempt at preventing the stream from undercutting the ravine slopes below Summerhill Gardens. An earlier under-engineered attempt at a lower-cost solution in 2019-20 was swept away by summer storms the following July. The engineering of the 2025 project is in part the result of …
We are currently organizing a major campaign to raise funds to pay for capital projects that will restore the Vale to its former status as a major recreational and ecological resource. We are actively working in cooperation with the City of Toronto, the Toronto Regional Conservation Authority (TRCA) and community groups to develop a Master …