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Wannabe Urban Planner (but can't stand the politics) #HistoryTO #TorontoHistory #TorontoTransitBlog

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Well I needn't have worried about GO trains being packed like sardines; this will put many riders back into their cars

[CP24 @CP24]

Metrolinx considering significant expansion of paid parking at GO stations
https://t.co/gN3fTmXUba

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“Regional bedrock topography of the Laurentian trough, Niagara Escarpment area”
#HistoryTO #TorontoHistory #LaurentianTrough #SouthernOntario #PaleozoicBedrockON #PleistoceneEpoch #GeologicalHistoryTO #UrbanGeology

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Formation and Fill of Bedrock Valleys

Geological framework of the Laurentian trough aquifer system, southern Ontario - David R. Sharpe, André J.-M. Pugin, and Hazen A.J. Russell

https://t.co/6Dqgq7QyoL

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And here:
MeWe - History of Toronto - https://t.co/INdYfDr0Wi…
Also; MeWe - History of Toronto Group - https://t.co/xYVjqJSXpX…
And of course here on Twitter: #HistoryTO -
@HistoryTO3

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Hi All - I am tired of Facebook disabling and removing my pages and accounts without explanation or reasonable opportunity to explain or appeal, so f*** 'em; I will gradually be moving all of my pages and accounts away from Facebook #BoycottFacebook

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For now; you can follow my History of Toronto series here:
TorontoTransitBlog - #HistoryTO Series - Geological History of Toronto (and the surrounding region) - https://t.co/2Eco4cBQlW
[NOTE: Links for other periods of time to follow at a later date, as the series develops]

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“HIGH PARK'S HIDDEN RIVER”

@HistoryTO / #HistoryTO #TorontoHistory #HighParkTO #LaurentianRiver #LaurentianRiverSystem #LaurentianChannel #HydrologyTO #HydrologyON #GeologicalHistoryTO #UrbanGeology

https://t.co/2Eco4cBQlW

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“The bedrock under Toronto has several dips believed to be carved by the Laurentian River.” – wikepdia – Ontario Geological Survey - 1980 - #HistoryTO #TorontoHistory #HighParkTO #LaurentianRiver #LaurentianChannel #HydrologyON #GeologicalHistoryTO #UrbanGeology

[John Tory @JohnTory]

Globe editorial: Canada’s cities are about to add millions of new residents. They can’t all drive to work /via @globeandmail https://t.co/JxPbWMYGIz

[Eli Aaron @plg_and_poli]

Opened in 1954, the terminus of Canada's first subway included a large and very functionally designed bus terminal at Eglinton Station. 1/2 #TBT #TTC #TOhistory

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Good thing somebody is thinking ahead!

[Ben Spurr @BenSpurr]

Cllr McKelvie again with a pro-bus lane motion, asking whether they could be quickly deployed in event of a subway or SRT shutdown.

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@avid_cycl @BenSpurr @BellsOnBloor Something is better than nothing right now

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This is great news; most of these will become LRT or Subway routes one day #BRTs #SmarterTracks

[Ben Spurr @BenSpurr]

TTC is recommending exclusive bus lanes on five busy routes: Eglinton East, Dufferin, Jane, Steeles West, and Finch East. Move follows the success of the King pilot downtown.

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@RiverdaleBoy @g_meslin Or thereabouts

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@RiverdaleBoy @g_meslin I'll take a wild guess and say it's the St. Lawrence Market

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@A33Tim Who really knows - Genetics is eventually going to sort this out

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“Archeologists think that the Paleo Indians, sometimes referred to as the Clovis People, were among the first to inhabit the Americas” – #HistoryTO #TorontoHistory #PalaeoIndians #ClovisPeople #HumberRiver #ArcheologyTO

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Cordilleran and Laurentide Ice Sheets - by Steven Earle

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“This ancient tribe appeared in our continent at the end of the last Ice Age, entering the continent from Asia - Their name, Paleo, actually comes from the Greek word “palaios,” meaning ancient”

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Map of Asia and North America showing Beringia and the possible routes of Paleoindian people - Illinois State Museum - #HistoryTO #TorontoHistory #PalaeoIndians #ClovisPeople #HumberRiver #ArcheologyTO

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Paleoindian spear points, Fulton County, Illinois – #HistoryTO #TorontoHistory #PalaeoIndians #ClovisPeople #HumberRiver #ArcheologyTO
https://t.co/SqHb3PYQit