Upcoming Events
Weekly Social Knitting Circle
Weekly on Wednesdays
4:30pm - 6:30pm
Lobby of the Student Welcome and Resource Centre
2 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive
Until December 18th
In connection with our current exhibit, Women's Work, we are hosting a weekly social knitting circle featuring WWII-era patterns. Participants are encouraged to donate their knits to local Out of the Cold program.
Bring your own yarn and needles; we'll supply the tea and cookies.
Monthly: Tunnel Tour
Wednesday, November 20 (FULL)
5pm-6:30pm
Wednesday, December 4 - Register Below
5pm-6:30pm
Learn about the history of the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital as we explore the patient-built underground tunnels and nineteenth-century cottages. Tour presents an overview of the 89-years of the Hospital's history, acknowledges the varied experiences of patients and staff across different decades, and traces major treatment changes across time. Tour concludes with an optional entry into one of the un-renovated attics above the cottages.
FREE tour
Pre-registration is required
Tunnels and grounds are mobility accessible; attic requires steep set of stairs.
Park History Tour
Wednesday, November 20
5pm-6pm
This walking tour through Colonel Samuel Smith Park traces the many histories that can be located to the shoreline of the Lakeshore Grounds. We discuss the traditional lands of the Ojibwe Anishinabe, the military tract of Colonel Samuel Smith, the boundary of the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital, the expansion of the grounds into Lake Ontario, and the creation of Colonel Samuel Smith Park.
FREE tour
Pre-registration is required
Park paths are a mixed of paved and hard-packed surfaces that are mobility accessible
Film History Tour
Registration opens on the 13th of November at 10am
Wednesday, December 4
5pm-6pm
The Lakeshore Grounds have served as a popular filming location for movies, television shows, and commercials since 1977. Step behind the scenes of your favourite productions as we highlight the locations and stories of these productions. Tour route includes the oldest section of the underground tunnels.
FREE tour
Pre-registration is required
Tunnels and grounds are mobility accessible
New Toronto Holiday Market
Saturday, December 14th
10am - 3pm
2 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive
Join us for the second annual New Toronto Holiday Market on Saturday, December 14th. Local vendors and artisans + free holiday craft activity for the kids. Gift wrapping station by donation.
100% of sales from vendor tables support the LAMP Community Health Centre
Free admission.
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