… the river got rolling on

a beautiful, sunny Sunday October 19, 2008

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Human River’s Urban Water Cycle:

A BIKE parade along the Garrison Creek,

Toronto’s biggest buried river!

Hosted by: Toronto Public Space Committee

With thanks to our volunteers & to our partners: LEAF, RiverSides , Coach House Books , and Lost Rivers of the Toronto Green Community

If you’re interested in getting involved with 2009′s Human River you can

go over these volunteer roles and/or email erin at humanriver.ca

to tell us how you’d like to help.

On Sunday October 19th we created a river of cyclists in celebration of the Garrison Creek! Human River’s Urban Water Cycle weaved participants through the Creek’s eclectic neighbourhoods, exploring the histories and ecologies of the creek with our partners through stories, art and music.

The Bike Parade started at 1:00pm at the NW corner of St. Clair & Humewood, and finishedat 3:30pm at Historic Fort York, Blue Barracks where there was a reception until 5:00pm. On arrival at the Fort, participants enjoyed free refreshments, learned more about buried rivers and Toronto’s history, and through our partnership with Coach House Books, viewed the other-worldly photographs of Toronto’s sewer system taken by vanishingpoint.ca’s Michael Cook.

With everyone wearing blue we became a human river bringing the Garrison Creek back to life!

(Cyclists completed a waiver form – including photography permission - in order to participate).

WHEN: Sunday, October 19, 2008 @ 1pm – 5pm

START: NW corner of St. Clair and Humewood

WHO: Anyone with a bike! The cycling route is mostly flat or slightly downhill and approximately 7km long.

ACCESSIBILITY: Those wanted walk or roll the last 1.5km or 800m at a slower pace, could contact us for an alternate meet-up locations and times: contact@humanriver.ca

Non-bikers were also invited to Fort York for 3.30 pm.

This was a Zombie-Friendly event!

COST: FREE (Donations welcome)

Our Partners for this event: