This is a bridge crossing the Humber River or a part of it. The water is not very high in summer. The bridge is named for Elizabeth Simcoe, the wife of John Graves Simcoe who was the first Lt. Governor of Upper Canada (back when Toronto was called York). At the opposite end of this bridge we join the main branch of The Humber Trail.
At this point we have a choice: go right and walk the shorter part of the trail; or go left and take the longer trail. We decide to take the longer trail to the left, but first we go a few paces to the right. We want to have a look at the damage done to the tunnel when a car was set on fire back in May. The top of the tunnel is black and part of the wooden guardrail is new but fortunately the tunnel is the same. We will follow this path another day..
We turn back to the longer trail. A sign tells us, among other do's and don'ts, that we should "take nothing but photographs and leave nothing but footsteps behind".
We wander the path through meadows of wildflowers, past gorgeous trees both small and tall. There are benches where we can pause to take in the views, dedicated in memory of those who enjoyed these walks before us.
We cross another footbridge over the Humber, and come upon a sign pronouncing a steep grade ahead. So we climb, it's not too strenuous but if we need to there is a bench at the top.
All along our walk we are followed by dragonflies and butterflies, much to busy flitting to and fro to care that we are here. In particular were the black butterflies with a white stripe across their wings, one of which finally stayed still long enough for me to take a picture.
We wander past the Humber River again as the path ahead leads us to the northern parking area. We turn back to retrace our steps through this beautiful greenspace and arrive at our car happy to have left only footsteps behind!
