Jane’s Walk – The Lost Piggery of the Toronto Free Hospital for the Consumptive Poor
Images from MDCA’s Jane’s Walk 2016, In Search of the Lost Piggery
Pork Bones remain after 75 years!The Trail through fields after 65 years naturalizationLocal Art under EglintonWhy the site is significant and some history about the Richview Expressway and Eglinton Subway and Humber Canal, common feature being they were never built!TRCA archaeologists spoke of the artifacts found in the Humber ValleyA Pet Cemetery beside the HumberSt. John’s pioneer cemetry overlooks the Humber a kilometre upstream Behind the marker, debris never removed since 1954Pre 1920, Humber water was filtered and collected in this cistern for use at the hospitalWeston Web reporter Roy Murray talks of Hurricane Hazel and the impact on the site Raymore Wier on the Humber, fish ladder located at far side of the river within the wing wall
Mallards, but we also see herons, egrets and occasionally an eagle. A great place to see migratory birds spring and fall
Remembrance seems fitting, thousands died at the hospital over 50 years until antibiotics became common
The piggery site is now overgrown, only some concrete troughs and foundations remain. By 2022, all the ‘original’ hospital buildings will be gone too.
The piggery site is now overgrown, only some concrete troughs and foundations remain. By 2022, all the ‘original’ hospital buildings will be gone too.