Sundays in September. Each walking tour begins at 2 pm (EXCEPT SEPT. 10!) at The Tollkeeper's Cottage,
rain  or shine, lasts 2 hours
and costs $5 per person ($18 per person for all 4 tours).
A Fundraiser for the cottage.

Each walk builds upon information provided in an earlier walk with no repetition, so it's ideal to take the entire series if you can.

Walking Tour 1. (click for pamphlet)
This walk explores the southwest corner of The Tollkeeper's Cottage area which includes:
- The Escarpment, the shoreline of Lake Iroguois that, over 10,000 years ago shrank to form the   Great Lakes;
- Davenport Road, shown on a map drawn on birchbark by Elizabeth Simcoe in 1796 extending    from Montreal to Niagara - possibly the oldest road in the world;
- Taddle Creek, the most "muscular" creek around (ask your tour guide!);
- The top part of Seaton Village (never incorporated);
- The MacNamara Farm, Market Garden, Hillcrest Racetrack, and Toronto Transportation Commission Hillcrest Yards.

Walking Tour 2. (click for pamphlet)
This walk explores the southeast corner of The Tollkeeper's Cottage area which includes:
- Farm lot 25, part of the amorphous area known as Seaton Village;
- Farm lots 23 and 24 which belonged to the great Baldwin family and included parts of The Annex, Yorkville and Seaton    Village.
- The Tollkeeper's Cottage, being the first building constructed in the area;
- The fascinating history of land use and later buildings in The Tollkeeper's Cottage area from the 1800's through 1970's,    including a blacksmith, Patterson (truck) Springs, the narrowest house in the City, a bakery (inlcuding George Weston and    Cawthra Mulock), George Brown College, Cooey's Machine Shop (building WW1 rifles ), a brickyard and Tarragon Theatre.

Walking Tour 3. (click for pamphlet)
This walk explores the northwest quadrant of The Tollkeeper's Cottage area which includes:
- Taddle Creek, Wychwood Park & Pond;
- Tyrrell Street, named after the Squire of Weston;
- History relating to the Davenport Street Railway;
- The Wychwood Railway Yards (1913 - 1921) and Poverty Pond;
- Bracondale, Hillcrest Park & Sir William Gage's Bon Air (1913);
- Davenport Square Park.
 

Walking Tour 4. (click for pamphlet)
This walk explores the northeast quadrant of The Tollkeeper's Cottage area which includes:
- Crookshank's Lane (Bathurst St.), a dirt path from Crookshank's house....;
- Yorkville and Vaughan Plank Road;
- Hillcrest School;
- Kate Evans and the formation of Hillcrest Hospital in 1884:
- Ensign John McGill, and his small frame house (1797) called Davenport;
- The home of E.J. Lennox, who designed the old City Hall and Casa Loma;
- Casa Loma and Henry Pellatt
- The Baldwins, and Spadina;
- 1905 - Ravenswood, Ardwold, and John Craig Eaton.
 

Food Focus Day- Apples and Pumpkins.This annual Food Focus event will be held again to celebrate Ontario's heritage apples and one of the famous 'Three Sisters' of the native peoples.  According to Siloam Orchards where we obtain our heritage apples, this year brings a bumper crop!  As before, we will bring a range of varieties, including the Northern Spy, to the Tollkeeper's Cottage, along with pie-sized or Jack-o-Lantern sized pumpkins.  There will also be some baked goods and historic recipes for sale at the same time. 11 am - 5 pm (or until sold out) at the Cottage.