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\n\n\n\nMidtown Ravines Group launches two new websites<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\nSeptember 25, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you want to find out what’s going on with our local ravines, head on over to the two new sites launched by the Midtown Ravines Group, a confederation of ten residents\u2019 associations seeking to revitalize the ravines in Toronto\u2019s midtown core.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRead more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n![\"Tracking](\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Water-monitoring-Resize.webp\")
\n\n\n\n\nTracking the Health of Yellow Creek<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\nSeptember 25, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Digital Waters is a Toronto-based non-profit developing affordable, made-in-Canada water monitoring technology to better understand and protect our local waterways. We were inspired by Toronto\u2019s ravines. They are amazing veins of nature that stretch across town, always lush and green in the summers and the perfect way to take a break from life. But nothing lives in the waters that carve out Toronto\u2019s ravines.<\/p>\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRead more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n![\"Parks](\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/avoca-ravine-1911.webp\")
\n\n\n\n\nParks and ravines – breaking news<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\nJuly 26, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On July 24, 2025, City Council unanimously passed a motion to provide $1.5M in funding for a new design and plan for the Vale of Avoca to address its accelerating erosion, its trail network and accesses and for ongoing maintenance.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRead more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n![\"Spare](\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Vale-of-Avoca-slope.jpg\")
\n\n\n\n\nSpare a thought for the Vale of Avoca<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\nMarch 3, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s widely recognized the Toronto\u2019s ravine system is one of our city\u2019s great blessings. So, it is particularly regrettable that a spectacular ravine in our area \u2013 the Vale of Avoca \u2013 shows the effects of years of cumulative neglect.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRead more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n![\"Spring](\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/AGC-2023-Rosehill-Garden.webp\")
\n\n\n\n\nSpring brings hope: the Rosehill Garden – building community<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\nMarch 1, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Rosehill Garden is part of the David Balfour Park. The park traces its history to 1873 when the area became Toronto\u2019s first reservoir, part of the City\u2019s public water distribution system. The gardens were rebuilt in 2022, after a massive 4-year rehabilitation of the reservoir. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRead more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deer Park’s eastern boundary is the David Balfour Park and Vale of Avoca – part of Toronto’s extensive ravine system, offering natural green spaces and trails within the neighbourhood, with the Rosehill Resevoir park at the western edge of the ravine providing a large open green space. The ravines offer recreational opportunities like hiking, walking, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-376","page","type-page","status-publish"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-06 01:04:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\n\n\nTracking the Health of Yellow Creek<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\nSeptember 25, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Digital Waters is a Toronto-based non-profit developing affordable, made-in-Canada water monitoring technology to better understand and protect our local waterways. We were inspired by Toronto\u2019s ravines. They are amazing veins of nature that stretch across town, always lush and green in the summers and the perfect way to take a break from life. But nothing lives in the waters that carve out Toronto\u2019s ravines.<\/p>\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRead more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParks and ravines – breaking news<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\nJuly 26, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On July 24, 2025, City Council unanimously passed a motion to provide $1.5M in funding for a new design and plan for the Vale of Avoca to address its accelerating erosion, its trail network and accesses and for ongoing maintenance.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRead more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpare a thought for the Vale of Avoca<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\nMarch 3, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s widely recognized the Toronto\u2019s ravine system is one of our city\u2019s great blessings. So, it is particularly regrettable that a spectacular ravine in our area \u2013 the Vale of Avoca \u2013 shows the effects of years of cumulative neglect.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRead more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpring brings hope: the Rosehill Garden – building community<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\nMarch 1, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Rosehill Garden is part of the David Balfour Park. The park traces its history to 1873 when the area became Toronto\u2019s first reservoir, part of the City\u2019s public water distribution system. The gardens were rebuilt in 2022, after a massive 4-year rehabilitation of the reservoir. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRead more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deer Park’s eastern boundary is the David Balfour Park and Vale of Avoca – part of Toronto’s extensive ravine system, offering natural green spaces and trails within the neighbourhood, with the Rosehill Resevoir park at the western edge of the ravine providing a large open green space. The ravines offer recreational opportunities like hiking, walking, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-376","page","type-page","status-publish"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-06 01:04:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\n\n\nParks and ravines – breaking news<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\nJuly 26, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On July 24, 2025, City Council unanimously passed a motion to provide $1.5M in funding for a new design and plan for the Vale of Avoca to address its accelerating erosion, its trail network and accesses and for ongoing maintenance.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRead more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpare a thought for the Vale of Avoca<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\nMarch 3, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s widely recognized the Toronto\u2019s ravine system is one of our city\u2019s great blessings. So, it is particularly regrettable that a spectacular ravine in our area \u2013 the Vale of Avoca \u2013 shows the effects of years of cumulative neglect.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRead more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpring brings hope: the Rosehill Garden – building community<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\nMarch 1, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Rosehill Garden is part of the David Balfour Park. The park traces its history to 1873 when the area became Toronto\u2019s first reservoir, part of the City\u2019s public water distribution system. The gardens were rebuilt in 2022, after a massive 4-year rehabilitation of the reservoir. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRead more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deer Park’s eastern boundary is the David Balfour Park and Vale of Avoca – part of Toronto’s extensive ravine system, offering natural green spaces and trails within the neighbourhood, with the Rosehill Resevoir park at the western edge of the ravine providing a large open green space. The ravines offer recreational opportunities like hiking, walking, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-376","page","type-page","status-publish"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-06 01:04:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\n\n\nSpare a thought for the Vale of Avoca<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\nMarch 3, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s widely recognized the Toronto\u2019s ravine system is one of our city\u2019s great blessings. So, it is particularly regrettable that a spectacular ravine in our area \u2013 the Vale of Avoca \u2013 shows the effects of years of cumulative neglect.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRead more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpring brings hope: the Rosehill Garden – building community<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\nMarch 1, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Rosehill Garden is part of the David Balfour Park. The park traces its history to 1873 when the area became Toronto\u2019s first reservoir, part of the City\u2019s public water distribution system. The gardens were rebuilt in 2022, after a massive 4-year rehabilitation of the reservoir. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRead more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deer Park’s eastern boundary is the David Balfour Park and Vale of Avoca – part of Toronto’s extensive ravine system, offering natural green spaces and trails within the neighbourhood, with the Rosehill Resevoir park at the western edge of the ravine providing a large open green space. The ravines offer recreational opportunities like hiking, walking, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-376","page","type-page","status-publish"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-06 01:04:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\n\n\nSpring brings hope: the Rosehill Garden – building community<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\nMarch 1, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Rosehill Garden is part of the David Balfour Park. The park traces its history to 1873 when the area became Toronto\u2019s first reservoir, part of the City\u2019s public water distribution system. The gardens were rebuilt in 2022, after a massive 4-year rehabilitation of the reservoir. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRead more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deer Park’s eastern boundary is the David Balfour Park and Vale of Avoca – part of Toronto’s extensive ravine system, offering natural green spaces and trails within the neighbourhood, with the Rosehill Resevoir park at the western edge of the ravine providing a large open green space. The ravines offer recreational opportunities like hiking, walking, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-376","page","type-page","status-publish"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-06 01:04:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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