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Posted by Sylvie Conde, Broker | Toronto Real Estate on 10/18/2009 05:42 PM

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29 Comments on Ontario's Waterfront

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Sylvie.. WOW! These are some good shots. Is that a windmill I see in the background of one of the pictures. Plus a shot of the waterfalls is spectacular.

valerie osterhoudt

Kathy - The Beaches boardwalk photos reminded me of when I lived on Hubbard Ave. down there. Thanks for sharing.

Hahaha Sylvie, when did Niagara Falls become a neighbourhood of Toronto?? Hey John did you know they have changed the name of the Beaches to just the Beach? I'm sure Sylvie could give you more info on that decision. I love the photo of the condos.

Sylvie, The pictures are absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I wished I was there (and in some warm weather) but I'm guessing it's not very warm right now :(

Hi Valerie, yes, it is a windmill. :)

John, it's on the other side of Kew Gardens ... very close.

Jenny, I didn't say it was a neighbourhood of Toronto. I said it's Ontario's waterfront ... and I do believe Niagara Falls is in Ontario. :)

Carole, it will be below zero tonight. Not warm at all. I was reminiscing about all the places I was at in the Summer ... because I'm so cold already.

Hi Sylvie - It was nice to have a "year-end" review your journey through various portions of the Lake Ontario waterfront.

Valerie - I strongly suspect that the windmill is the one located at the Canadian National Exhibition. It is used to generate electricity. Sylvie can confirm.

Jenny - I know a lot of people are not amused when references to the Beaches became references to "The Beach". Many people will continue to refer to the area as the Beaches.

Marc, I used to live near the Beaches too, in the late 70s, and it was then, and it will always be the Beaches for me. :)

That area has more than one beach ... so it's beaches.

OCT

Sylvie - the beaches it is, was, and will likely always be in many peoples minds no mater what they try to do with it.

Kathy, the current locals don't like it, but that's life. :)

Sylvie,

As always, great pictures!

I never get tired of waterfront pictures, and there are great winter waterfront pictures too. So, I'll wait until you publish them.

Brian

I love the water(front) too, Brian. I'm actually considering selling my house and looking for a condo by the water ... just can't decide which waterfront it will be. :)

Sylvie - in Ontario we certainly are blessed with our share of beaches (the ones with sand not areas to live)

Kathy, I agree. We have great beaches (and unfortunately I never get to many of them).

Sylvie - If you move to a condo, you'll need to get the closest building to the water with the windows facing Lake Ontario and no private land between the building and the water. Otherwise, they will put up another condo in front of it. Oh, don't forget to listen to the wind against the building. Otherwise, you'll be up all day and night. The condos beside the Harbour Castle and the ferry are a great example of the wind noise.

Marc, I would never live near the Harbour Castle.... I need MORE GREEN and less traffic noise, wind noise, bus noise, pollution...

I didn't say the waterfront would be in Toronto, though. ;-)

You want to buy a unit in a condo building in Miami? There are lots of foreclosures down there. I recenty read about one building where only one family had moved into a big building. Very quiet, but no services or maintenance.

Marc, no ... I wouldn't live in Florida. Florida does NOTHING for me at all.

I will be in Toronto until my son is finished with College and working full time, and then ... well ... it's wide open... waterfront may still be Canada, or it may be Europe, or I may just have to split my time between both, because I can't ever be too far away from my son - not for the whole year, anyway.

For now/near future, however, I need to keep it pretty central, because I have a young man going to school and working ... and he needs to be in the City. :)

(Here I am talking as if I've won the lottery and I can run off and buy a home in Europe and maybe a beautiful condo in Georgian Bay LOL .... yeah ... I'm going to wake up any second and destroy this dream.)

Great group of photos, Sylvie! I want to visit!!!!!!!!!!

Debi

Debi - come ... I'll show you around. :)

I have been to Toronto once. Don't remember it. That picture of the dam is gorgeous.

Sylvie,

That is quite an extensive tour of the Toronto area - feel like I've been there just through your photos. :)

Steve

OCT

Jane, that would be Niagara Falls. :)

Steve, it's Toronto and suburbs, and Niagara on the Lake and Niagara Falls - it's ONTARIO's waterfront (a very small piece of it).

Ooops, sorry. Duh.

OCT

Jane, that's OK. That's not the side that most people recognize. :)

I wouldn't recognize the other side either.

Jane, you'll have to go ... I'll meet you there. :)
If you like snow (which, somehow, I doubt), it is absolutely beautiful in the Winter. :)

It's a date. But you are right. I do not like snow. Not any more.

OCT

Sylvie - after reading this post and some of the comments I thought I would mention we have over 250,000 (if my memory serves me well) lakes in Ontario

OCT

Kathy, you are correct. there are well over 250,000 lakes in Ontario (they didn't even count some of the smaller ones); and apparently, there are over 3,000,000 lakes in Canada.

Lots and lots of water. :)

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