100 Travel Stories
50 Shades of Orange: Fall in High Park Toronto (Part 1)
Autumn, what a delight! Fall has arrived in Canada, transforming the leaves from green to more than 50 shades of orange — from peach and marigold to tangerine and persimmon, and finally to mahogany and rust.
High Park, Toronto’s largest park, is ideal for autumn walks and capturing fall colors.
Wilderness in the middle of the city! One-third of the park remains in a natural state, with a rare oak savannah ecology. Significant natural parts of the park are classified as a provincial Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest. High Park was opened to the public in 1876. (Wikipedia)
“Autumn leaves don’t fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.” – Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Notice that autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love—that makes life and nature harmonize.” – George Eliot
“Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go.”
“Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are all falling, and they’re falling like they’re falling in love with the ground.” – Andrea Gibson
“I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew life was a gift.” – Dodinsky
“Two sounds of autumn are unmistakable…the hurrying rustle of crisp leaves blown along the street…by a gusty wind, and the gabble of a flock of migrating geese.” – Hal Borland
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High Park Map