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Original Shoreline Commemoration
Over the past few years there have been some efforts made to commemorate the original shoreline of Lake Ontario in the St Lawrence and adjacent areas. There is an ‘in-ground’ commemoration in the Distillery District, a sculptural one on the Church Street frontage of the Berczy condominium (55 Front Street East) and another (Wavelengths), celebrating the Lake itself, at the Market Wharf condominium (18 Lower Jarvis). There is also a commemoration of the Walks and Gardens Trust in Union Station.
The Committee has determined that on-street commemorations of the shoreline on all the north south streets between Yonge and Cherry would be desirable and is starting to work with City staff, our BIA and the Councillors’ Offices to look into how best to achieve this. In general, the committee does not think all these commemorations need to be the same and feels that they can be added street-by-street as time, money and opportunity arise.
The line of the shore obviously varied as the lake was filled-in and any commemoration is seen as symbolic rather than actual. In general we suggest that the line shown as the Philpott (1818) line on this MAP.
Over the past few years there have been some efforts made to commemorate the original shoreline of Lake Ontario in the St Lawrence and adjacent areas. There is an ‘in-ground’ commemoration in the Distillery District, a sculptural one on the Church Street frontage of the Berczy condominium (55 Front Street East) and another (Wavelengths), celebrating the Lake itself, at the Market Wharf condominium (18 Lower Jarvis). There is also a commemoration of the Walks and Gardens Trust in Union Station.
The Committee has determined that on-street commemorations of the shoreline on all the north south streets between Yonge and Cherry would be desirable and is starting to work with City staff, our BIA and the Councillors’ Offices to look into how best to achieve this. In general, the committee does not think all these commemorations need to be the same and feels that they can be added street-by-street as time, money and opportunity arise.
The line of the shore obviously varied as the lake was filled-in and any commemoration is seen as symbolic rather than actual. In general we suggest that the line shown as the Philpott (1818) line on this MAP.