Walking Routes
Here are my main walking routes for the past nine months.
I. Museum of Contemporary Art
I don’t know why, but I love this stretch of Sterling Road. It’s got a certain scruffy element to it that I find endearing. It’s in the process of an overhaul, but at the moment is still home to things like a chocolate factory. I start out on Queen Street West, go north on Roncesvalles, east on Howard Park, east on Dundas West, slip north along the Railpath to the open space that houses the Museum of Contemporary Art. To get home, I head back up to Dundas West, go east to Ossington, and back on to Queen Street West. The total length is 9.5 km.
II. Ontario Place
This route takes you through the spookiness that is Ontario Place. There’s a way to snake through behind buildings and get to Dufferin Street. Cross the bridge and you’re in Exhibition Park, which has mostly been empty the past few months. A pedestrian bridge gets you across the Lakeshore and another pedestrian bridge takes you right into Ontario Place. You can walk all through Ontario Place and it leads to the beautiful new Trillium Park that goes right along the water. You can sneak back up to the city through the Exhibition. This one is 7.5 km in length round trip.
III. Kings and Queens
Ontario Place is a walk when I want to be alone. This route along Queen Street and King Street is when I want to be around people. Queen Street is my favourite street in the entire city - anything has and will happen. A simple route, I just go down Queen Street as far as I can walk, head south and return along King Street. This route is 9 km round trip.