Withrow Park
Withrow Park is a 8.5-hectare (21-acre) park in the Riverdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] Laid out and constructed in the 1910s, at the same time that the surrounding community was built, Withrow Park is among Toronto's large multi-purpose parks. The park is bounded by Carlaw Avenue on the east, Bain Avenue on the south, Logan Avenue on the west and McConnell Avenue on the north.
Withrow Park is named after John Jacob Withrow (1833–1900), a local landowner and builder, who also served as a city alderman and was one of the founders of what would become the Canadian National Exhibition.[2]
The park gained nationwide notoriety in 2004 when hot dogs laced with carbofuran were left in the park, killing one dog and poisoning 15 others.[3] While the poisonings were under criminal investigation, the City closed most of Withrow Park by surrounding it with a chain-link fence,[4] causing controversy in the neighbourhood. No charges were ever laid.[5]
In February 2008, the Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey team held a practice in Withrow Park, to mark the recent refurbishment of the park's ice rink and related facilities.[6]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/WithrowPark1923Skating.jpg/220px-WithrowPark1923Skating.jpg)
References
- ^ Withrow Park. City of Toronto. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
- ^ Gould, Allan. Wise, Leonard. Toronto Street Names. (Firefly Books, 2000). (ISBN 1552093867). p. 229.
- ^ Who poisoned the dogs of Withrow Park?: Many emotions have been unleashed by the poisoned dogs of Withrow Park. Maclean's. February 16, 2004. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
- ^ Contaminated substances found in Withrow Park. City of Toronto Parks and Recreation Notice. February 20, 2004. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
- ^ One Year. The Park Affair. February 6, 2005. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
- ^ Wattie, Chris. Leafs take it outside, in Riverdale. National Post. February 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
External links
Media related to Withrow Park at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography - John Jacob Withrow
- v
- t
- e
- List of Toronto parks • Ravine system
- Bluffer's Park beach
- Cherry Beach
- Hanlan's Point Beach
- HTO Park1
- Humber Bay Park beach
- Kew Beach
- Marie Curtis Park beach
- Rouge National Urban Park beach
- Sugar Beach1
- Sunnyside Beach
- Woodbine Beach
- Aga Khan
- Barbara Hall
- Berczy
- Bobbie Rosenfeld
- Canoe Landing
- Cedarvale
- Centennial
- Christie Pits
- Colonel Samuel Smith
- Corktown Common
- Coronation
- Crothers Woods
- David A. Balfour
- David Crombie
- Downsview
- Dufferin Grove
- E.T. Seton
- Earl Bales
- Eglinton
- Étienne Brûlé
- Fairbank Memorial
- Grange
- Guild
- Harbour Square
- High
- Humber Bay
- Inukshuk
- Ireland
- Kempton Howard
- Little Norway
- Loring-Wyle
- Maple Leaf Forever
- Marie Curtis
- McCowan District
- Milliken District
- Morningside
- Olive Square
- Olympic
- Pine Point
- Queen's
- Rail Deck2
- Ramsden
- Riverdale
- Rouge National Urban
- Roundhouse
- Runnymede
- Sherbourne Common
- Simcoe
- Sorauren Avenue
- St. Andrew's Market and Playground
- St. James
- Sunnybrook
- Thomson Memorial
- Toronto Islands
- Trillium
- Trinity Bellwoods
- Underpass
- Withrow
- Wychwood Barns