Ontario planning to cut 267 trees in a Toronto ravine and locals are furious
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Small s Creek Ravine, located in the Woodbine and Gerrard area, is a green space that s well used and loved by the surrounding local community. The forest brings much needed reprieve from the constant hum of city-living and some good old-fashioned exercise and exploration. It s where we go for clean air, discovery, and to tap into imaginative play, wrote one resident, Krista Fogel, in an Instagram post.
Local yoga teacher Celeste Shirley added: For ten years, students from the local high schools have been coming for classes to develop skills to relax the mind, quell anxiety and connect to nature. [.] Merrill Bridge ravine was our forest, for our reflection time. The little creek, (aptly named Smalls Creek) was our backup band.
Posted: Dec 18, 2020 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
Small s Creek Ravine in the Woodbine and Danforth area is green space that s well used by the local community. Now residents worry hundreds of trees and walking trails will be lost once the rail corridor is widened to make way for a GO Train track expansion.(Philip Lee-Shanok/CBC)
Neighbours in the areas of Danforth and Woodbine avenues fear a tiny oasis of greenspace in the city will be lost when Metrolinx widens the rail corridor to expand its GO train service along Lakeshore East.
Small s Creek flows through the community from the northeast through a steep ravine between the tracks and homes south through a culvert, and continues on southwest through the Williamson Park Ravine.