We parked at McNab Park on October 8, 2024, just off Highway adjacent to the Credit River on Noble Street and followed the path along the river where we started spotting the dark shadows in the water. The fish seem to gather their strength in deeper waters and make bursts of speed when they hit the shallows. The baby fish then swim downstream and live in Lake Ontario until it is there turn to make the trip back to their birth location.
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Wednesday, October 09, 2024
Fall and the return of Salmon Spawning in the Credit River
We parked at McNab Park on October 8, 2024, just off Highway adjacent to the Credit River on Noble Street and followed the path along the river where we started spotting the dark shadows in the water. The fish seem to gather their strength in deeper waters and make bursts of speed when they hit the shallows. The baby fish then swim downstream and live in Lake Ontario until it is there turn to make the trip back to their birth location.
Sunday, October 06, 2024
Nuit Blanche Toronto 2024
@jmhcet Sitting on #LUMI #artinstallation at the #simcoewavedeck during #nuitblanchetoronto ♬ MISSION IMPOSIBLE - tom jordan
Friday, October 04, 2024
Road Trip Sault St. Marie
Now Sault Saint Marie is really a twin city, one on the Canadian Side and one close across the St. Marys River in the United States of America. There are a couple of shipping locks in the river between the Great Lakes of Huron and Superior, one on the Canadian Side and two currently operating locks on the American side. Boat tours of the Soo Locks are run by both sides so we caught one in Canada's Sault St. Marie and toured the area and because you never get out of the boat you don't need a passport to go through the American locks.
The Agawa Canyon Railway Tour begins very early in the morning (8am) and doesn't return to the station until 6pm so bring some snacks, lunch and some beverages for the journey, although there are snack and beverage cars on the train if you don't want to bring your own. At first I thought the trip was through the canyon but I found out that the canyon is at the end of the trip. You ride for hours, stop, get out for 90 minutes and explore the park, then ride back for more hours.
Tuesday, October 01, 2024
Jimmy John's first Canadian restaurant coming to Toronto
"Jimmy John’s has launched a pre-store open contest that could see a Jimmy, John, or anyone with a J in their name win a grand prize of a free 6” Classic Sandwich combo a week for an entire YEAR! ($1000 value) or have a chance to win 1 of 150 Jimmy John's Canada $25 gift cards. Do you have a J in your name? The winners will be drawn on October 11, 2024. Enter on Jimmy John’s social pages here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_lRqXcA17D"
The rules to enter include the following; Have a name with a J in it and live in the GTA, must be 18 years old and a Canadian resident, tag your sandwich bestie in the comments and follow the @jimmyjohns.ca account. Good luck sandwich lovers.
Friday, September 27, 2024
Fall Ghost Walks in Exhibition Place Toronto
From Exhibition Place, "Join us for one of our evening ghost walks. These two-hour tours, led by our good friend Steve Collie of After Dark Tours will take you behind closed doors and through our haunted past, while revealing the origins of our other-worldly neighbours."
For only $15 you can join the tours which start at the General Services Building (2 Manitoba Drive). Proceeds of the event will be donated to United Way of Greater Toronto.
The walks take place every Friday in October along with Tuesday, October 29 from 7 to 9pm. You have to be 10 or older to take part in the tour, plus it would be preferable if your heart can take the pressure of the indescribable horror you may experience during the Ghost Walks, or whatever they discuss on the walk. Either way I hope you make it out of the experience alive and able to sleep at night.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Toronto Royal Horse Show 2024 coming November
You can see World-Class equine competition and entertainment as over 1,000 competitors battle for over $1 million in prize money as they try to be Royal Champions.
From the Royal Horse Show website, "You’ll enjoy Olympians and other top international athletes and horses competing at the highest level in Show Jumping while experiencing Canada’s largest variety of equine breeds and events. The Royal Horse Show also features inspiring entertainment with special features during each horse show paid performance. The Royal boasts a huge variety of equestrian competitions open to all ages. Along with Hunters and Show Jumpers, you will be amazed at the many different breeds of horses that pull carts, coaches, wagons and big hitches. Cheer for your favorite high stepping Hackney, shout when the announcer calls “drive on!” in the Road Horse classes or clap and whoop it up when the judge approaches your favorite heavy horse hitch for inspection! The Royal Horse Show is world-class equestrian competition at its finest."
The equine action begins early on day one of the fair. On Friday, November 1 the majestic draft horses Percherons and Belgians take to the ring beginning at 8:30am. Then competitions fill the schedule throughout the fair culminating in the November 9 (7pm) Longines FEI Cup with the world's top show jumping horse and rider teams trying to win the richest purse of the Royal Horse Show.
The Fair's final day (Sunday, November 10) will feature two rodeo performances presented by the Ontario Ford Dealers with the Royal Rodeo Qualifier (11am) and the Royal Rodeo Finals (2pm)
Royal Winter Fair Hours
Sunday 9 AM – 6 PM
Monday 9 AM – 6 PM
Tuesday 9 AM – 8 PM
Wednesday 9 AM – 8 PM
Thursday 9 AM – 8 PM
Friday 9 AM – 8 P M
Saturday 9 AM – 8 PM