Don River: Monsters for Beauty, Permanence and Individuality

You may think there is an abandoned cemetery, or the ruins of a long lost Toronto building as you ride along the Lower Don River in Toronto – but what you’ve found is an art installation called Monsters for Beauty, Permanence and Individuality by Indigenous artist Duane Linklater. The piece is made up of 14 … Read more

Toronto Tourist Guide – Information for the Traveller and Pleasure Seeker (1918 Queen’s Hotel guide)

The 1918 Queen’s Hotel travellers guide is a 72 page guide and describes itself as “Descriptive of Toronto, Its Points of Interest and Public Buildings” and gives an interesting, historic view of Toronto just after the end of WW I. While the tourist guide is over 100 years old, at least some of the locations … Read more