Day 69 @ 330pm: Clearly #Scarborough is alot friendlier than I was made to believe. #KissAndRide? What the? Are they promoting a service that they shouldnt….? Lol. #GTA #Toronto #ScarboroughTownCentre (at Scarborough Town Centre)
Haunted Toronto
The Guild Inn
This building I presented to you when my Varsity article on abandoned Toronto structures was released. Now like many abandoned buildings there is usually a haunting and the Guild Inn is said to be not only Scarborough’s major haunting, but the most haunted building in Canada.
Now in order to understand the haunting we need to have a World War II history lesson. During World War II the Guild Inn was requisitioned by the Canadian Government and became a hospital for shellshock victims. Now shellshock was a very serious mental health issue and I think that hospital might have been a code word for asylum. Take that piece of information and add a rumour that during the war a tunnel was built from the Scarborough Bluffs to the Guild Inn. The tunnels function is technically unknown, but many say weird experiments happened there and that there have been sightings of ghosts roaming around the tunnels. There have even been cases when the elevator would take people down the tunnels against their own will.
There apparently is also a ghost of a boy who would stare at guests while they slept. The sad part here is that since the building is abandoned the poor boy has no one to stare at.
Another interesting fact is that the couple who owned and operated the Inn (the Clarke’s) were architect lovers. Therefore, when an old building or landmark was torn down, the couple would purchase pieces of that building for their property. Many people called the Inn a graveyard for Toronto’s buildings. This is an interesting piece of information because spirits can sometimes hold on to an object and therefore, the Guild Inn could really be an Inn for ghosts.
Whatever the case may be in any of these haunting, I hope you enjoyed my haunted Toronto segment and I hope you have a great Halloween Toronto.
lamhaj-the-canadian asked: Sorry about that lol i'm new to Scarborough :S
no problem! and welcome!!!
lamhaj-the-canadian asked: Toke some pics at Don Mills station yesterday, check it out? just search donmills
some very lovely photos, but i think that’s more for a north york blog and not fuckyeahscarborough.
i will admit that it somewhat annoys me to see GTA/mississauga/brampton/pickering type posts in toronto related blogs. that ain’t toronto! i’m trying to create a tumblr that is scarborough-centric and not east toronto or suburban toronto.
to me, scarborough ends at victoria park. i’ll open it up to the followers though - what do you all think? how do we define scarborough?
Why I Love Toronto Reason #355
Rouge Valley National Urban Park
This park is literally right on the boarder of Toronto, but the address for the park is a Toronto address therefore, it can be included. Now it is technically not a national park as of yet! However, earlier this year Stephen Harper said that his government would establish an urban national park in the Rouge Valley.
The Rouge Valley is a stunning area and could be a nature lovers heaven, I would say, right in the city. In fact a report by the National Post pointed out that it is actually 13 times the size of Central Park! The area is filled with hundreds of plant species, trees and has a number of creeks, ponds and rivers. There are also a number of animals which are said to include deer, otters, coyotes, a variety of fish and reptiles along with 225 species of birds such as wild turkey, vultures, trumpeters, and swans. In fact the wild turkeys were being hunted to the point they needed to be re-introduced into the area.
Another interesting thing that the Post article pointed out is that there are two historic sites at the park. There is an archaeological site that has the remains of Seneca Village which has history related to the Seneca Indians (an Iroquoian band). There is actually a lot of Iroquois history in the area that dates back 10,000 years as well as history related to Europeans and fur traders. Furthermore, there is a farm house on the property that is over 150 years old. Also check out the rocks for they have a similar history to that of the Scarborough Bluffs.
The park also has a beach, a campground, trails, Celebration Forest (which is a park memorial), wetlands, and the woodlands area. You can also feel free to camp, hike, canoe, fish, have picnics and swim in the water.
The landscape and the park is just stunning and amazing. In fact FH Varley of the Group of Seven painted an image of the Rouge River in Markham. If it is Group of Seven worthy then you know it is a stunning park. I don’t know technically what it means to make something into a national urban park, but for right now the Rouge Valley Park is a stunning area for those nature lovers in the city. ALSO - 10 DAYS LEFT!
That is Why I Love Toronto.
http://info.evergreen.ca/en/blog/entry/green-space-and-mobility
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/26/five-things-to-know-about-rouge-national-urban-park/
http://www.rougepark.com/explore/virtual/photo_gallery.php#3
