Martin Goodman Trail
{{Short description|Multi-use path along the waterfront in Toronto, Canada}}
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| established = 1984
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The Martin Goodman Trail is a {{convert|56|km|abbr=on}}[https://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/nbe/portal/waterfront/Home/waterfronthome/projects/martin+goodman+trail+at+ontario+place Waterfront Toronto opens new improved Martin Goodman Trail at Ontario Place], September 19, 2009{{Cite web |url=http://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/explore_projects2/the_wider_waterfront/martin_goodman_trail |title=Martin Goodman Trail |access-date=2013-07-17 |archive-date=2013-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815020006/http://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/explore_projects2/the_wider_waterfront/martin_goodman_trail |url-status=dead }} multi-use path{{Cite web |date=June 27, 2024 |title=Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 886 |url=https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/municode/1184_886.pdf |website=toronto.ca}}{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2014 |title=Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 886, Schedule A |url=https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/municode/1184_886_1.pdf |website=toronto.ca}} along the waterfront in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It traverses the entire lake shore from one end of the city to the other, from Humber Bay Arch Bridge in the west to the Rouge River in the east. The Martin Goodman Trail is part of the 730 km Waterfront Trail around Lake Ontario.
History
The trail, opened in 1984,[https://archive.today/20130717085833/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/666117291.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+20,+2004&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=A+trail+mix+of+city+life+At+20,+the+Martin+Goodman+Trail+reveals+Toronto+in+all+its+complexity&pqatl=google A trail mix of city life At 20, the Martin Goodman Trail reveals Toronto in all its complexity], Toronto Star, 2004 was named for the president and editor-in-chief of the Toronto Star, who died three years previously. In March 1992, the Toronto Star reported that the then-18 km trail was in the need of repairs, having potholes and a lack of signage where the trail did not yet have dedicated lanes.[http://www.pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/454297511.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+30%2C+1992&author=Jack+Lakey+TORONTO+STAR&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Goodman+trail+falls+into+state+of+disrepair&pqatl=google Goodman trail falls into state of disrepair]{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Toronto Star, March 30, 1992 Repairs started in June 1992 with a $200,000 facelift.[https://archive.today/20130717085759/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/454471081.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+22,+1992&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Goodman+Trail+gets+repairs+beginning+today&pqatl=google Goodman Trail gets repairs beginning today], Toronto Star, June 22, 1992
Since 2005, Waterfront Toronto has been responsible for filling in gaps in the trail, particularly along the central waterfront,[https://archive.today/20130717085751/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/1076778061.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+14,+2006&author=Christopher+Hume&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=A+start+on+shoring+up+lakefront&pqatl=google A start on shoring up lakefront], Toronto Star, 2006 and maintenance.
In 2006,[http://biketoronto.ca/topic/show/549.htm Martin Goodman Trail paving along Leslie Street complete] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221191940/http://biketoronto.ca/topic/show/549.htm |date=2007-02-21 }}, Bike Toronto, June 24, 2006 they added an extension to connect to Tommy Thompson Park on the Leslie Street Spit, as first proposed in 1989.[https://archive.today/20130717085758/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/470701481.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+05,+1989&author=Joscelyn+Proby+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Improvements+proposed+for+Goodman+Trail&pqatl=google Improvements proposed for Goodman Trail], Toronto Star, 1989 Starting in 2008 and finishing in 2009, a new 1.3 km section of the trail opened up along Lake Shore Boulevard at Ontario Place The new section of trail converted 8,000 m2 of Ontario Place parking lots into green space and trail.
Path
In Sunnyside, west of the centre of the city, the trail runs where the old boardwalk is, and parallel to the current one. Similarly, in the Beaches, on the east side of the city, the trail also runs parallel to the boardwalk. The trail also passes through Cherry Beach.
See also
Gallery
File:Beaches 1984.jpg|The Beaches in 1984. The boardwalk and the Martin Goodman Trail are seen.
File:Bridge over Mimico Creek, Ontario -b.jpg|The bridge over Mimico Creek, part of the trail
References
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