Crothers Woods / Cudmore Creek Trailhead

The Cudmore Creek Wetland and Trailhead opened in June 2025 at the foot of Pottery Road near Bayview Avenue, where the Lower Don Valley floor meets a sharp infrastructural edge. The trailhead formalizes the threshold with a kiosk, a lookout, a restored wetland, a small bridge over Cudmore Creek, and trail connections running north into Crothers Woods. The Don is larger and less domesticated here than in the ravines nearer the core, and the restored wetland gives the entry a working ecological character rather than a nostalgic one.

Context

Cudmore Creek Wetland and Trailhead is a City of Toronto park project completed in 2025, including creek and wetland restoration, a lookout and kiosk, a bridge over the creek, and connections to the Bayview Multi-Use Trail and Lower Don Trail. Crothers Woods, immediately north, is a protected natural area in the Don Valley ravine system.