Leslie Street Spit, Toronto

Name: Leslie Street Spit
Address: Toronto, Canada

#176 among attractions in Toronto

Park, Relax in park

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The Leslie Street Spit, or officially the Outer Harbour East Headland, is a man-made headland in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, extending from the city's east end in a roughly southwesterly direction into Lake Ontario. It is about 5 kilometres long. The Spit is the result of five decades of lakefilling by the Toronto Port Authority. It was conceived as an extension of Toronto Harbour, and has evolved into a largely passive recreation area. Naturalization had not been planned but the process is now actively managed by the Toronto Region Conservation Authority. A large portion of it is classified as an Environmentally Sensitive Area and it is recognized as an Important Bird Area. ()

Elevation: 240 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 43°37'51"N, 79°19'47"W

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Leslie Street Spit – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cherry Beach, Polson Pier, Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge, Port of Toronto.

0.8 miNW
Park, Beach
Cherry Beach, Toronto
21 min walk • Cherry Beach is a lakeside beach park located at the foot of Cherry Street just south of Unwin Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is on Toronto's outer harbour just east of the Eastern Gap.
1.4 miNW
Dancing, Nightlife
Polson Pier, Toronto
35 min walk • Polson Pier, previously known as The Docks Waterfront Entertainment Complex, is a multi-purpose entertainment complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the largely industrial Port Lands area of the city along the waterfront of Toronto Harbour.
1.2 miNW
Bridge
Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge, Toronto
31 min walk • The Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge is a bascule bridge and Warren truss in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located in the industrial Port Lands area, it carries Cherry Street over the Toronto Harbour Ship Channel and opens to allow ships to access the channel and the turning basin beyond.
1 miNW
Harbor
Port of Toronto, Toronto
27 min walk • The Port of Toronto is an inland port in Toronto, Ontario, Canada located on the eastern shore of the Toronto Harbour in an area known as the Port Lands. The port is operated by PortsToronto.
1.2 miNW
Harbor
Port Lands, Toronto
32 min walk • The Port Lands of Toronto, Ontario, Canada are an industrial and recreational neighbourhood located about 5 kilometres south-east of downtown, located on the former Don River delta and most of Ashbridge's Bay.
1.4 miSW
Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse
Toronto Harbour Light, Toronto
36 min walk • The Toronto Harbour Light is an automated lighthouse at Vicki Keith Point on the Leslie Street Spit in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1.7 miNW
Bridge
Cherry Street lift bridge, Toronto
43 min walk • The Cherry Street lift bridge over the Keating Channel is the smaller of two bascule lift bridges on Cherry Street, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The bridge spans the canalized mouth of the Don River where it empties into Toronto Harbour. It is the fourth bridge at that location.
1.4 miNW
Waterfront
Toronto waterfront, Toronto
37 min walk • The Toronto waterfront is the lakeshore of Lake Ontario in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It spans 46 kilometres between the mouth of Etobicoke Creek in the west and the Rouge River in the east.
1.5 miNW
Waterfront
39 Commissioner Street, Toronto
38 min walk • The Toronto Harbour Commission built a firehall at 39 Commissioner Street to help attract industrial enterprises to the newly reclaimed Toronto Portlands in 1928. It was integrated into Toronto's Fire Services as Station 30. It was sold to the Toronto Firefighter's Association. The Association moved, and sold the building in 2015.