Local Landmarks & Heritage
Local Landmarks & Heritage
- High Park
- Colborne Lodge (1837)
- Grenadier Pond
- High Park black oak savannah
Neighborhood History
Neighborhood History
High Park is a west-end Toronto neighbourhood that takes its name from the public park given to the city by architect and surveyor John George Howard and his wife, Jemima. In 1873 the Howards deeded their 165-acre country estate to Toronto on the condition that it remain for the free use of the city's people and be called High Park; it opened to the public in 1876 and later grew to about 161 hectares. North of Bloor Street, the residential district took shape after Daniel Clendenan subdivided a farm and racetrack in the 1880s, and it joined the City of Toronto with West Toronto in 1909.
The Howards' 1837 Regency cottage, Colborne Lodge, still stands in the park as a City museum, and Grenadier Pond stretches along its western edge beside a rare black oak savannah, with trees more than 150 years old.
The High Park tee is for the neighbours who treat Toronto's great green backyard as their own — a park that was always meant to be shared.
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High Park - West End Toronto - Unisex Cotton Tee
High Park - West End Toronto - Unisex Cotton Tee
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High Park surrounds the public park that John and Jemima Howard deeded to Toronto in 1873. North of Bloor Street, its residential streets grew up in the late 1800s and joined the City of Toronto in 1909.
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