Picnic Site 1

Picnic Site 1 is a picnic site in Old Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Picnic Site 1 is situated nearby to the swimming pool Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Wading Pool, as well as near the athletics track Pump Track.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Joy Gas Stations and Sunnyside Amusement Park.

Joy Gas Stations

Building

Photo: Peter Broster, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Joy Gas Stations operated uniquely designed stations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the 1930s for the Joy Oil Company Limited. The stations are examples of the Château style of architecture, a style that was promoted as a uniquely Canadian architectural form in the 1930s. Joy Gas Stations is situated 170 metres west of Picnic Site 1.

Sunnyside Amusement Park

Park

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Sunnyside Amusement Park was a popular amusement park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that ran from 1922 to 1955, demolished in 1955 to make way for the Metro Toronto Gardiner Expressway. Sunnyside Amusement Park is situated 650 metres east of Picnic Site 1.

High Park

Park

Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

High Park is a municipal park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. High Park is a mixed recreational and natural park, with sporting facilities, cultural facilities, educational facilities, gardens, playgrounds and a zoo. High Park is situated 1¼ km north of Picnic Site 1.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sunnyside and Swansea.

Sunnyside

Neighborhood

Photo: Peter Broster, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sunnyside is a lakefront district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It includes a beach and park area along Lake Ontario's Humber Bay, from west of Exhibition Place to the mouth of the Humber River.

Swansea

Neighborhood

Photo: JosephIWMolto, Public domain.

Swansea is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, bounded on the west by the Humber River, on the north by Bloor Street, on the east by High Park and on the south by Lake Ontario.

Roncesvalles

Neighborhood

Photo: Darkcore, Public domain.

Roncesvalles, also known as Roncesvalles Village or Roncy Village, is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, centred on Roncesvalles Avenue, a north–south street leading from the intersection of King and Queen Streets to the south, north to Dundas Street West, a distance of roughly 1.7 kilometres.

Picnic Site 1

Type: Picnic site
Categories: tourism and shelter
Location: Old Toronto, Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

43.63602° or 43° 38′ 10″ north

Longitude

-79.46394° or 79° 27′ 50″ west

Operator

City of Toronto

Open location code

87M2JGPP+CC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 178738330

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=shelter

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=picnic_site

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Highlights include Pump Track and Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Wading Pool.

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