Featured Beaches
History & Landmarks
In Published Issues:

Fall & Winter 2014/2015

• Letter from the Director
• 100 Years – Celebrating the People, Places and Community
• Beaches Schools and their Centennial Celebrations
• E.B. Cox: An Illustrious 1914 Birth
• The Beaches in 1914
• Who Do You Know?
• 100 Years of Aviation in Toronto – Training Toronto’s Aerial Aces
• My Secret Beaches Spot
• Adventures for Daytrippers

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SPRING & SUMMER 2015

• Letter from the Director
• From Hogtown to Pan-Am City – Toronto’s Transformation to the Future
• Digging up Toronto's Small History
• Riding the Underground Railroad to Toronto's First Taxi Company
• The First Parliament: Good Government for New Tenants
• Sunlight Park – From Soap to Toronto's First Baseball Stadium
• Anchoring East Riverside for over 120 Years – Dingman’s Hall
• The Making of Hogtown –Toronto's Nickname
• Toronto's First Public School and Little Trinity Church
• Highs and Lows in New Public Spaces
• The Edgy Urban Cousin
• West meets East, North meets South – West Don Lands
• The Rebirth of River City
• Parkland Gems on the Edge – Naturalizing the Waterfront
• Adventures for Daytrippers on Amusing Summer

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FALL & WINTER 2013/14

• Letter from the Director
• Kingston Road – Toronto's gateway for over 200 years
• All Aboard – Kingston Road Radial Line is Born
• A Close Tie to the Canadian Railway at Fallingbrook
• A High Ground Landmark: Home of the Toronto Hunt Club
• A Growing Neigbourhood Born from a Cottage
• Keeping the Gardens Safe
• Half Way to Toronto's Markets
• The Renaissance Masterpiece – St. Augustine's Seminary
• Tales of a Splendid Tavern in a Deep Gully
• A Man of Many "Firsts"
• Colonel Danforth's Kingston Road
• My Secret Beaches Spot Revealed
• Adventures for Daytrippers

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SPRING & SUMMER 2013

• Letter from the Director
• A Tale of Two Villages Along The Danforth
• The Tiny Village of Chester Grows to Today's Greek Town
• Booming Village, a Pathway to 'big' York
• Buildings That Take You Back in History
• Bruce Trail–from a Footpath to a 725 kilometre Walking Trail
• Gardening with Limits
• Beaches Living – 10 Years and Counting
• Adventures for Daytrippers

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FALL & WINTER 2012

• Letter from the Director
• A Lost Village and Neighbourhood Returns
• Entertainment Full of Life – Now and Then
• A Walk Through the Past
• Brick Yards in Toronto's East End
• Oops! Did Anything Like This Ever Happen to You?
• Planning for the Worst
• Adventures for Daytrippers

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SPRING & SUMMER 2012

• Letter from the Director
• Never Ending Summer
• Why are There Strange Green Pipes Growing from the Ground?
• Toronto Waterfront Parks – A New Era
• Sharing Your Garden with Winged Guests
• Did you know plastic wrap is not recyclable?
• Adventures for Daytrippers

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FALL & WINTER 2011

• Letter from the Director
• Toronto’s Precious Port Lands
• Celebrating Malvernites
• A Drive Through The Port Lands
• Lighting up Toronto – 100 years of Toronto Hydro
• Power up the grid
• The Port Lands – Reflection Through Photos
• Gooderham and Worts – over 153 years of history
• Adventuresfordaytrippers

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SPRING & SUMMER 2011

• Letter from the Director
• Toronto's Never Ending Romance
• The Legend of the Maple Tree at Maple Cottage
• A Backyard Garden for You and Your Birds
• The Maple Leaf Forever
• The Guild Sculpture Gardens – a Walking Guide
• The Majestic Temple Building – Toronto's First Skyscraper
• A Century-long Rally Continues – History of Tennis in the Beaches
• Adventures for Daytrippe

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FALL & WINTER 2010/11

• Letter from the Director
• Chateau des Quatre Vents Hidden Jewel on Queen East
• Birds in your backyard
• The Musical Genius of Glenn Gould
• "The Harvest Year" of Winemaking in Ontario
• Adventures for Daytrippers

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SPRING / SUMMER 2010

• Letter from the Director
• A Bank On (Almost) Every Corner
• Celebrating 75 Glorious Years of the Toronto Beaches Lions Club
• Your Organic Edible Garden
• My Edible Garden
• Adventures for Daytrippers

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FALL / WINTER 2009-10

• Letter from the Director
• East Toronto
• History of Fire Stations in the Beaches & Fire Fighting in Toronto
• Toronto's Real Masked Bandits
• Adventures for Daytrippers

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SPRING / SUMMER 2009

• Letter from the Director
• Arts & Crafts Architecture in the Beaches
• Telling a Great Story
• Adventures for Daytrippers
• Eden Smith's Beaches Library Blueprint
• Growing Green Roofs in Toronto
• Natural lawn care

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FALL / WINTER 2008-09

• Letter from the Director
• Doris McCarthy
• Group of Seven
• Master Road Builders
• Origin of Street Names
• Recycling is Magic
• Adventure for Daytrippers

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SPRING / SUMMER 2008

• Letter from the Director
• Echo Bound to the Earth
• Native Plant Guide
• Enduring Mystique of the Monarch Butterfly
• Riding the Rails
• Returning our Water to the Lake

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FALL / WINTER 2007-08

• Letter from the Director
• Balmy Beach: Beach "Cottage" Meets the "Palace of Purification"
• Rowland Caldwell Harris
• Energy Savings: Facts and Tips
• Do You Know Your "Recycling" Numbers?
• Architectural Gems
• Lake Water to into Drinking Water
• Adventures for Daytrippers

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SPRING / SUMMER 2007

• Letter from the Director
• Lost Rivers of the Beach
• Population Stats
• Changes & Memories
  - in the Beaches
• Energy Saving Game
  - Chart & Tips
• Classical Architecture Styles
  - Displayed by Church Buildings in the Beaches
• Adventures for day trippers

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FALL / WINTER 2006-07

• The Lost Villages
  - of Norway & Ben Lamond
• The Norway Steam Sawmill
• A Beautifully Wooded Setting
• St. John's Norway
  - one of the east end�s gems
• Adventures for day trippers
• Medieval Influences
• Early Settlers
  - & Influential People

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SPRING / SUMMER 2006

• Walk Around Woodbine Park
• Small's Pond
• Racetrack
  - Drew Crowds for 118 Years
• Smalls and Duggans
  - Shaped Area
• The Scarborough Bluffs
• Islands of Hiawatha
• Experience Nature's Charms
  - In Glen Stewart Ravine

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FALL / WINTER 2005-06

• Walking Tour
  - Taking in the Kew Beach
• "Nabes"
  - Entertained Generations of Beachers
• Steep Streets
  - in the Beaches
• The Leslie Street Spit
  - A Unique Urban Wilderness
• On The Home Front

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SPRING / SUMMER 2005

• Glen Stewart Ravine
• The Ashbridge Estate
• Kew Williams Cottage
• The Georgia Villa Inn
  - "Queen of the Beach"

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SUMMER / WINTER 2004-05

• Kew Beach Fire Hall
• St. John's Norway
• Kew Williams Cottage
• R.C. Harris Filtration Plant
• York Station
• Balmy Beach Club 1905-2004