PurplePinky
Active Member
Creeks, in fact all sources of water, meander.
No directional sense at all but most eventually end in Lake Ontario.
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Creeks, in fact all sources of water, meander.
No directional sense at all but most eventually end in Lake Ontario.
PurplePinky
Active Member
Interesting info. about the Lost Rivers of Toronto.
Maps, articles & planned walks.
Maps, articles & planned walks.
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Metroscapes
Active Member
They say water runs downhill, and that's mostly true, but groundwater can certainly do funny things.
That project and Shawn Micallef's article about it was a big inspiration for my hobby / website.
PurplePinky
Active Member
We’ve been interested in it for years.
A friend of my family used to live on south side of Roehampton, pre-war and she and her brother skated on a ‘frog pond’ across the road.
Turned out they skated where Fairfield now is located.
At some point, the city or a developer drained that part of Walmsley Brook and built homes where the kids skated.
Then when McDonalds had major problems at the south east corner of Bayview and Eglinton it just added to our curiosity.
It had to be related and due to the hidden rivers as they were then known.
Thank you for putting it together so well Metroscapes.
A friend of my family used to live on south side of Roehampton, pre-war and she and her brother skated on a ‘frog pond’ across the road.
Turned out they skated where Fairfield now is located.
At some point, the city or a developer drained that part of Walmsley Brook and built homes where the kids skated.
Then when McDonalds had major problems at the south east corner of Bayview and Eglinton it just added to our curiosity.
It had to be related and due to the hidden rivers as they were then known.
Thank you for putting it together so well Metroscapes.
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PurplePinky
Active Member
Thre are many Leaside homes that have ‘water problems’, as do the homes on Fairfield of course.
I’m surprised they don’t have frog problems as well. Lol
I’m surprised they don’t have frog problems as well. Lol
A 6264
Active Member
Trains were running this evening after dark, first time I've seen that happen, it was at Leslie.
SkyScraaaper
New Member
Saw lots of workers at Forest Hill station this morning. Otis Elevator Van outside too, probably re-greasing the escalators and elevators
GenerationLee
Senior Member
I'm a little doubtful of this whole rumour...but maybe engineers missed something? Yes, this station sits in an old creekbed, and this area was once near the shoreline of Lake Algonquin, the proto-lake to Lake Ontario.
GenerationLee
Senior Member
You explained this much better. I did some research work involving Walmsley two years ago, and was studying the impacts of Metrolinx construction on the remaining natural watercourse by Thorncliffe Park.
PurplePinky
Active Member
Just to clarify, the rumour isn’t that tracks ARE sinking, just that they may once it gets moving.
Hopefully, it doesn’t happen.
Hopefully, it doesn’t happen.
toonderly
Active Member
"this fall is plausible and certainly by year-end"
hw621
Senior Member
so this is the announcement, sort of?
Towered
Superstar
"certainly"
txlseries4
Active Member
The question and answer with not much more info but a tiny bit. Some comments from the incoming CEO but nothing big. Starts at 34:11 if the timestamp doesn't work for anyone.
TOtramz
Active Member
Based on this it would seem like the bedding-in period cannot be longer than 90 days, after substantial completion.
Substantial completion is expected to be announced after revenue service demonstration is completed...