- Withrow Park
Withrow Park is a 21 acre park in the Riverdale neighbourhood of
Toronto ,Ontario ,Canada . [ [http://www.toronto.ca/parks/parks_gardens/withrow.htm Withrow Park.] City of Toronto. Retrieved2007-09-23 .] 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 theCanadian National Exhibition . [Gould, Allan. Wise, Leonard. "Toronto Street Names". (Firefly Books, 2000). (ISBN 1552093867). p. 229.]The park gained nation-wide notoriety in 2004 when
hot dogs laced withcarbofuran were left in the park, killing one dog and poisoning 15 others. [ [http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20040216_75066_75066 Who poisoned the dogs of Withrow Park?: Many emotions have been unleashed by the poisoned dogs of Withrow Park.]Maclean's . February 16, 2004. Retrieved2007-09-23 .] While the poisonings were under criminal investigation, the City closed most of Withrow Park by surrounding it with a chain-link fence, [ [http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/it/newsrel.nsf/9da959222128b9e885256618006646d3/e44aa2c3897cb26b85256e4000761bfd?OpenDocument Contaminated substances found in Withrow Park] . City of Toronto Parks and Recreation Notice. February 20, 2004. Retrieved2007-09-23 .] causing controversy in the neighbourhood. No charges were ever laid. [ [http://www.theparkaffair.com/ One Year.] The Park Affair. February 6, 2005. Retrieved2007-09-23 .]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. [Wattie, Chris. " [http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2008/02/11/leafs-go-to-riverdale-hold-outside-practice-on-coldest-day-of-the-year.aspx Leafs take it outside, in Riverdale] ".National Post . February 11, 2008. Retrieved2008-02-12 .]References
External links
* [http://withrowpark.ca/wiki/wiki.php?n=WithrowPark.FrontPage Withrow Park Farmers' Market]
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