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The Beltline Trail is a multi-use trail in mid-town Toronto, popular with dog-walkers, runners, and people on their bikes. Here are some photos along the Kay Gardner Beltline Trail section, starting at the new Chaplin LRT TTC station, east across Avenue Road, Yonge Street, eventually ending at Mount Pleasant and the cemetery. Quick URL to … Read more
Images and history of the stained glass windows in some of the private mausoleums of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto. While the Eaton’s Crypt is the most famous, with two lions watching from the front steps, there are other mausoleums worth enjoying. While none of the glass has specific artists, I also found details on the most likely source – the McCausland’s company Canada Stained Glass Works which is still in business today.
Mount Pleasant cemetery is known for its wide variety of trees – but in late April through early May it is the cherry blossom trees north of the entrance on the east side of Yonge Street that steal the show, as they do every spring. Shortlink: wholemap.com/Blossoms Please remember that this is an active cemetery … Read more
Back at the end of September 2009 the new Mount Pleasant Visitation Centre was pretty much complete. The visitation centre ( now called a funeral centre ) has a long, protracted history reaching back to initial plans in 2004. It looks like they’ve done a nice job of the building and landscaping, and the running/walking/biking … Read more