Map of High Park (Toronto )Just west of downtown, between the lake and Bloor Street, is Toronto's largest park, High Park. Originally a gift from John George Howard, the park has grown to 161 hectares (398 acres) and includes natural areas, children's playgrounds, formal gardens, even a zoo. Categories: Historic Photos and Details Photos Videos Other web sites (List of other areas with maps.) |
'Flattening out Bloor Street and Keele Street intersection' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1914 ( direct link )
Historic photos and videos
'16 photos of sculptor Wessel Couzijn installing Midsummer Nights Dream' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1967 ( direct link )
'Gathering near the Maple Leaf circle - High Park, Toronto' from Archives of Ontario - 1959 ( direct link )
'Ellis Ave., looking s. from n. of Queen St. (now site of The Queensway) to the railway bridge' from Toronto Public Library - 1955 ( direct link )
'High Park pavilion with two-story-tall towers - destroyed by fire in February 1958' from Toronto Public Library - 1952 ( direct link )
'Crowds at Sunnyside Beach' from Archives of Ontario - 1945 ( direct link )
'Sunnyside swimming pool and beach' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1940 ( direct link )
'Stone gate, wooden fence, and house behind on Constance and Parkside' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1936 ( direct link )
'Close up of plaque over the door of the old West Toronto Waterworks Pumping Station - Toronto Junction Water Works 1888' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1934 ( direct link )
'Old West Toronto Waterworks Pumping Station, Ellis Avenue' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1934 ( direct link )
'Schooner Lyman McDavis at Sunnyside - burnt summer 1934' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1933 ( direct link )
'Howard Memorial Gates, High Park Boulevard' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1931 ( direct link )
'Howard Memorial Gates' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1931 ( direct link )
'Burning of S.S. Clark Brothers, at Sunnyside for entertainment' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1930 ( direct link )
'High Park duck and goose pond' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1929 ( direct link )
'First Miss Toronto beauty contest, Sunnyside beach Jean Ford Tolmie (middle) was the winner' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1926 ( direct link )
'Christmas day horses at the Howard Memorial Gates' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1925 ( direct link )
'Old Ellis residence - Herne Hill - Swansea' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1925 ( direct link )
'Sunnyside swimming pool, looking east' from Toronto Public Library - 1925 ( direct link )
'Night scene - Howard Memorial Gate' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1923 ( direct link )
'New Sunnyside bathing pavilion just before it opened' from Toronto Public Library - 1922 ( direct link )
'High Park fence from St. Pauls Cathedral, London, England' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1921 ( direct link )
'Howard monument, High Park' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1921 ( direct link )
'Traffic in the High Park zoo - high class cars and tin lizzies' from Archives of Ontario - 1919 ( direct link )
'John Ellis and his housekeeper Mrs Fannie Griffiths Clayton, with telescope by his house "Herne Hill"' from Toronto Public Library - 1915 ( direct link )
'Cottage and orchard at Herne Hill - Mr Lefroy (in tree) the tenant of the cottage' from Toronto Public Library - 1915 ( direct link )
'High Park tulip beds with buildings in the background' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1915 ( direct link )
'High Park - Tulip Beds' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1915 ( direct link )
'Ski jump, High Park' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1914 ( direct link )
'Women snow shoeing, High Park' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1914 ( direct link )
'Crowds around the High Park mineral baths just north of Bloor St' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1913 ( direct link )
'Keele Street and Indian Road looking north' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1912 ( direct link )
'Railway tracks and West Toronto Pumping station at Ellis Ave., n. of Lakeshore Blvd W.' from Toronto Public Library - 1912 ( direct link )
'Colborne Lodge, High Park, southeast elevation' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1912 ( direct link )
'Toboggan runs built in the park' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1910 ( direct link )
'Portrait of John Ellis Jr, (1836-1923) on his Herne Hill estate, looking s.e. across Grenadier Pond' from Toronto Public Library - 1910 ( direct link )
'Men and horses cutting ice on Grenadier Pond' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1909 ( direct link )
'Buffalo in High Park zoo along Deer Pen road' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1908 ( direct link )
'Women getting ready to skate on Grenadier Pond with shoes and coats in the trees' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1907 ( direct link )
'Ellis Ave., n. of Lakeshore looking n past the street-railway tracks, railway tracks, and the West Toronto pumping station' from Toronto Public Library - 1900 ( direct link )
'Colborne Lodge in High Park - art gallery' from Toronto Public Library - 1900 ( direct link )
'John Ellis house looking e. from w. side Catfish Pond' from Toronto Public Library - 1900 ( direct link )
'Colborne Lodge art gallery in High Park; interior showing paintings up to the ceiling' from Toronto Public Library - 1900 ( direct link )
'Looking north to Herne Hill and John Ellis residence' from Archives of Ontario - 1890 ( direct link )
'Railway crossing at the south end of the park' from Official City of Toronto Archive - 1890 ( direct link )
'Howard Cottage, High Park, Toronto' from Archives of Ontario - 1890 ( direct link )
'Looking south to Lake Ontario from Herne Hill - John Ellis house' from Archives of Ontario - 1890 ( direct link )
'Looking up the driveway to John Ellis's home - Herne Hill' from Toronto Public Library - 1880 ( direct link )
'St. Pauls Cathedral iron gate at Colborne Lodge - Illustrated guide to Toronto by way of Niagara Falls' from Internet - 1875 ( direct link )
Photos
'Midsummer Nights Dream by Wessel Couzijn, 1967' from Internet - 2010 ( direct link )
'High Park Blossoms by ~kekelyn' from Deviant Art - 2009 ( direct link )
'Nissan Hypercube Panorama Project - Cherry Blossoms in High Park' from photojunkie Panoramas - 2009 ( direct link )
'Nissan Hypercube Panorama Project - Cherry Blossoms in High Park II' from photojunkie Panoramas - 2009 ( direct link )
'Nissan Hypercube Panorama Project -; High Park' from photojunkie Panoramas - 2009 ( direct link )
'Nissan Hypercube Panorama Project - Cherry Blossoms in High Park III' from photojunkie Panoramas - 2009 ( direct link )
'Nissan Hypercube Panorama Project - Grenadier Pond' from photojunkie Panoramas - 2009 ( direct link )
'Goodbye Winter' from seems Artless - 2006 ( direct link )
'Highpark Pond' from seems Artless - 2005 ( direct link )
'Park Bench Highpark Winter' from seems Artless - 2005 ( direct link )
'Gateway closeup' from seems Artless - 2004 ( direct link )
'Park Bench Highpark' from seems Artless - 2004 ( direct link )
Video
'The animals in the childrens zoo in High Park' from YouTube - 2009 ( direct link )
Other web pages
'Jamie Bell adventure playground for kids' from Internet - 2010 ( direct link )
'High Park Cherry Blossom Walk - Sakura Hanami' from Internet - 2010 ( direct link )
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