Cedarvale Park (Toronto)

Cedarvale Park
Cedarvale Park
	City of York sign for the park
	Location of the park in Toronto
Type	Public Park
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	43°41′29″N 79°25′35″W / 43.691500°N 79.426280°W
Operated by	City of Toronto

Cedarvale Park (originally known as Cedar Vale) is a park located in

soccer goals as permanent fixtures. In the winter, the larger hills within the park are used for tobogganing

.

South of the fields, the park angles southeast, and becomes more of a deep, naturalized ravine with steep sides, with a heavily used footpath down the middle. Cedarvale ravine contains very sizable wetlands east of

Bathurst Street in Forest Hill

; the remainder of the natural portion is young regrowth forest (the ravine was largely clearcut during the construction of the Spadina Subway in the 1970s). The path is heavily used and remains passable even in winter, with foot traffic packing snow down despite the lack of plowing, especially after drainage works in 2006 fixed water pooling and subsequent ice buildup.

The park benefits from its proximity to the

Beltline trail

in the north and the Nordheimer Ravine to the south; these join together to form a large trail system through midtown Toronto.

The southern entrance of the park is adjacent to a St. Clair West subway station entrance, and an outdoor gym constructed by Trekfit.

History

A

Spadina Expressway through Cedarvale Park but Jane Jacobs successfully lobbied against the government to halt its construction project. Cedarvale Park is located on the right-of-way for the cancelled Spadina Expressway south of Eglinton that was transferred to the province of Ontario in return for the building of Black Creek Drive

.

Since the 2000s, increasing ecological awareness has changed priorities within the park, with renaturalization projects already underway on slopes near the north end of the park.

Cedarvale Ravine has a permanent off-leash area for dogs, but leashes are required in all other areas. Following a string of dog attacks in Cedarvale Ravine, the park is now frequented by bylaw officers who will ticket the owners of off-leash dogs outside the designated area.

References

^ Hare, Peter. "Castle Frank Brook". Lost Rivers. Toronto Green Community.

External links

Friend of Cedarvale Park

Cedarvale Park - Trekfit

[brook-1] Hare, Peter. "Castle Frank Brook". Lost Rivers. Toronto Green Community.