By James Rayner
This month’s walk continues from the last one where we ended up at Queen’s Quay Terminal Warehouse. This time we continued east along the waterfront.
Exiting the (finally) renovated Union Station into Maple Leaf Square, you will find the entrance to the Scotia Bank Centre with its statues of notable Maple Leaf players and the Real sports bar with its 2-story screen.
The new construction in the area has finally taken note of Toronto’s weather and extended protective canopies over the sidewalks—a welcome touch.
Arriving at Queen’s Quay, cross to the south side and walk along the piers on the left where the cruise ships are tied up.
Hazard of living in a condo!
Behind the condos is a promenade along the water that leads to the ferry docks. We noticed a spirit canoe anchored in the harbour, an artistic inspiration based on a First Nations’ legend.
At the ferry terminal, there is a well-loved statue of the late Jack Layton on his bicycle.
Back up to Queen’s Quay, we headed east past the Harbour Castle Hotel with its revolving restaurant on the roof. We then passed some architecturally notable condos on the way to the Redpath sugar refinery.
The refinery has a huge mural of whales on its main building.
When we were there, a large ship was unloading sugar to be refined. (Toronto still conducts some commerce in the harbour).
Next to the slip for Redpath is Sugar Beach where you can relax in some of the provided chairs.
The path through Sugar Beach leads to Corus Quay where Corus Entertainment and the new French-language university are located.
At the far end of the waterside promenade, we went north to Sherbourne Common, a storm water filtering facility with a park and fountains on top.
We continued north on Sherbourne to the Saint Lawrence community and turned east to the Distillery District where we had a delightful lunch at the Mill Street Brewing Company pub.
Probus Club of Kingsway-Islington 