Kew Gardens (Toronto)

Kew Gardens is a park in the district of The Beaches on Lake Ontario east of the old city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The parks extending from Queen Street East to the lakeshore Kew Beach.

History

Originally the eight -acre farm of Joseph Williams in the 1850s at that point. As more and more visitors began from the city to use the lake as a recreation and tourist destination, he transformed his property into a tourist attraction. He planted a large park and built from 1879 different leisure facilities provided on the premises. The name The Canadian Kew Gardens he chose on the basis of Kew Gardens in southwest London.

The farmer built for himself a stately house on the ground, which is now used as a residence of the Park Warden. By the lake he put on boat moorings and a lido. Inland there for picnics suitable area, tennis courts, walking paths and lawn bowling. A solid clubhouse and rentable guest houses were built. Alcoholic there was not intentionally, Williams wanted a family-friendly "place of innocent pleasures ". It quickly became a popular destination, as it about Queen Streetcar Trams was easily accessible for people from the city of Toronto.

In 1907, the amusement park came by purchase for $ 43,700 the property of the City Council of Toronto and was converted into a public city park. Over the following years the swampy land was filled in the south and made the beach and shore zone again. Most buildings in the early days were removed, because the commercial amusement park moved into the far broader grounds Scarboro Beach Amusement Park nearby.

Presence

In the present day, the park is one of the most widely used public meeting places in the Beaches neighborhood. There is a tennis club court, a baseball field, a ( marathon ) running club, a deferred Dog free zone, a pond and every winter a skating rink for skaters and those who want to learn it. From the historic buildings only Williams' house, the bandstand and the Leuty Lifeguard Station the lido are left. In the northeast corner of the park is the historic Beaches Branch of the Toronto Public Library. A number of monuments are also located on the premises, including the Dr. William D. Young Memorial. Here are also every year in July the main theaters of the Beaches International Jazz Festival, which over four days, tens of thousands attracts people as a non- profit organization. In September there is the Beach Celtic Festival.

Leuty Lifeguard Station Toronto The Beaches

Boardwalk The Beaches Toronto

William D. Young Memorial Monument