Guelph Riverbanks Stats and analysis for Guleph’s two major rivers: the Speed and Eramosa.

This has prompted a #metroscapes update to the Guelph Riverbanks project. Charts and datasets have been revised.

Happy New Year. I just published my 2025 Year-in-Review for everything #metroscapes. Looking back is always an opportunity to take stock, and realize you've accomplished a lot more than you think, and this year was no exception.

I have a pretty big opportunity in the works. Hoping to share some news in the new year. #metroscapes

Been a bit busy lately, too busy to squeeze in a typical #metroscapes walk, so this will have to substitute.

The latest extension for the Guelph to Goderich Rail Trail seems to have opened between Speedvale and Woodlawn. It's industrial-commercial at night, but light pollution is everywhere.

#g2g

Good morning from the Mount Pleasant area of Brampton. Today I'll be following a pipeline corridor that cuts east-west through the upper middle portion of the city. Gotta head east from the train station, then start north of the Halton Subdivision (GO Transit Kitchener Line). Let's go. #metroscapes

Niagara Riverbanks Breakdown of the ownership and access to four major waterways in urban Niagara.

Just published to the #metroscapes website: I have broken down the ownership / access to 223 kilometres of riverbanks for five major waterways in Niagara Region: the Welland Canal, Welland River, Twelve Mile Creek, Chippawa-Queenston Power Canal and the Niagara River.

West GTA Watersheds An overview of watersheds and watercourses covering the urban areas of Halton and Peel Regions.

A #metroscapes site update: West GTA Watersheds has been updated to include some watercourses I missed, and refine watershed boundaries. Changes have been published over to the data portal as well.

Good morning from Oakville GO/VIA Station. Today I'll be following a hydro and pipeline corridor east from here through Mississauga. Let's go. #metroscapes

Downtown Toronto A history of, and some statistics on, Toronto’s downtown shoreline between the Humber and Don Rivers.

A #metroscapes site update: I have updated Toronto shoreline data to reflect a recent promenade extension on the east side of Parliament Slip. I also tweaked my treatment of Cherry Street.

Metroscapes Explainers Background image: https://metroscapes.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-07-13_60.jpg

Incoming new series. #metroscapes

Map of Metroscapes walks in the Greater Toronto Area.

Map of Metroscapes walks in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph.

Map of Metroscapes walks in Hamilton and Niagara.

Map of Metroscapes walks in Ottawa.

3,000 km of walking #metroscapes across Greater #Toronto, , #Hamilton, #Niagara, the #Tri-Cities, #Guelph and #Ottawa. Roughly the driving distance from Charlottetown to Dryden. #hiking #cities

Good morning from Lincoln Fields Station in Ottawa. I'm being joined by @kurtrefling.bsky.social to trace another reach of the Ottawa River. We'll head north and east from the Transitway Station towards LeBreton Flats. Let's go. #metroscapes

Good morning from east of LeBreton Flats. Today I will explore a bit of the Ottawa River near downtown, including its hydroelectric channels. Let's go. #metroscapes

Good morning from Green Island, east of downtown Ottawa. Today I'll be following the two Rideaus; starting with the Rideau River where it falls into the Ottawa River, and then going upstream to the Rideau Canal to follow that downstream. Let's go. #metroscapes

East GTA Shoreline A breakdown of ownership and access along Durham Region’s (mostly) urban shoreline.

A #metroscapes site update: I have made updates to shoreline data for the West and East GTA. Some changes were due to more recent ortho imagery, and the latter was also due to my walk on Monday.

Good morning from Rouge Hill in Toronto. Today I will be following the Lake Ontario shoreline eastwards towards Whitby. I'll start here in Scarborough's southeastern corner and jump over the Rouge River. Hoping wildfire smoke dissipates as projected. Let's go. #metroscapes

Niagara Shoreline A breakdown of land uses and ownership / access along the urban shorelines of Niagara Region.

A #metroscapes data update: I have now included Martindale Pond in the Niagara Shoreline dataset. Updates have been pushed to the data portal and the project page.

Just published: a video about my walk along St Catharines' shoreline along Lake Ontario. I'm always fascinated by Niagara's climate and seemingly subtropical nature, and this video helps showcase that. #metroscapes

Hey there. I have published a new YouTube video documenting my October 2024 journey along Etobicoke Creek. I managed to keep it under 9 minutes so be sure to take a look! #metroscapes

Good morning from Niagara Falls. Today I will be following the Chippawa-Queenston Power Canal from its source to the Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Generating Stations. I'll start by going upstream of the Horseshoe Falls. Let's go. #metroscapes

Toronto Watersheds Mapping and descriptions of the major and minor watersheds covering the City of Toronto.

A #metroscapes site update: the Toronto Watersheds project has been refreshed in GIS. More information is available here, and the data portal links have been updated as well.

Good morning from central Oakville. Today I will be documenting a couple watercourses that have been cut from their natural course by the Morrison-Wedgewood Diversion Channel. Let's go. #metroscapes

Metro in DC, seeking the sublime in the mundane.
🎞️Ilford Delta 400
📷Pentax K1000

#metroscapes #streetphotography #filmphotography #bnw

North GTA Watersheds An overview of the watersheds across the main urban portions of York Region.

A #Metroscapes site update: the watersheds project for the North GTA is now published.

#Metroscapes pic of the day. A wet and humid day along the Scarboro-Oakridge hydro corridor. The reds and browns of vegetation priming for spring growth extends up some apartment blocks.

Hamilton Shoreline A breakdown of the ownership and access to Hamilton’s lake shore.

A #Metroscapes data update: Hamilton Shoreline data has been updated to version 2.1. I have refined things to reflect 2023 orthoimagery, and made some other fixes. metroscapes.ca/hamilton/pro...

Good morning from north Burlington. Today I'll be following the TransCanada Pipeline corridor easterly through Burlington and Oakville to Highway 403. Let's go. #metroscapes

Good morning from Rouge Hill. Today I'll be following the GO Transit Lakeshore East line from here to it's current terminus in Oshawa. Let's go. #metroscapes

Good morning from the Hamilton - Burlington border. Today I will be following the Oakville subdivision, known to most as the route of the GO Transit Lakeshore West line. I'll be heading east. Let's go. #metroscapes

Now published: my 2024 year-in-review for #metroscapes. Between walks, projects, and heck, starting a YouTube channel, it was a big year. I've also included a photo montage at the end! youtu.be/5tYuluQxQFs