Welcome to Toronto History Walks! Over the last year we have celebrated many milestones, including our 1000th tour on November 20! So many more milestones to come and adventures along the way. Toronto History Walks is now a membership/subscription site and the fee is $10.00 per year which keeps each and every tour tip based with a suggested price of $10.00. Please see the discussion boards for details on the membership itself. If you are a Facebook fan we have the official Hidden Paths! Toronto History Walks Group site with everything Toronto. Have a look at https://www.facebook.com/groups/428294078308736
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The area was first settled in 1794 by the Ashbridges family, whose name is remembered by the nearby bay and park. Their homestead on Queen Street East was well to the west of the area currently identified as the Beaches. A later generation of the Ashbridges family rebuilt the family home in 1854 and can be seen on Queen Street East opposite the TTC barns near Kingston Road.

The Beaches remained a sparely settled community until the end of the 19th century when extension of the Grand Truck Railway, the draining of the northern parts of Ashbridges Bay, and the construction of street car tracks on Queen Street and Kingston Road, opened the area to settlement.

This walking tour is for all walking levels and fitness skills. Please dress for the season and bring water. And remember to bring your love of history. Hope to see you there.

This walking tour begins outside the Beaches Branch of the Toronto Public Library at Queen Street East, and Lee Avenue adjacent to Kew Gardens. The tour returns to the start location.

This tour is tip based with membership with a suggested price of $10.00.