For over a decade, la Société d’histoire de Toronto has been strongly advocating the creation of a historical park or a heritage greenway along the Humber River. The project area is comprised of all public lands along the Humber River, south of Dundas Street to the mouth of the River.

This site is one of the richest historical sites in Canada since on this location all three founding people of Canada and Toronto, First Nations, French and British met and traded.

In creating this Historical Park, the Société wishes to take advantage of the existing park and trail network, and to capitalize upon the Humber River’s natural and cultural heritage. The Humber was designated a Canadian Heritage River in 1999. The Historical Park will highlight the inter-relationship of the First Nations, French and English – The Shared Path – along the Humber river. 

The Toronto Historical Park’s benefits will be :

. Civic pride in celebrating our rich and diversified heritage
. Awareness of the shared history
. Tourism through history
. Education through permanent pedagogical resources
. Environment through the protection of a particularly rich ecological system, flora and fauna
. Recreation and health through improvement of the existing trail system.