Explore the Junction and its unique history like never before–with booze and boos! Join Junction historian and veteran tour guide Neil Ross for a night of spooky tales from the Junction’s past, told in some of the neighborhood’s favorite watering holes.

Snacks will be provided at one of the stops. Please drink responsibly.

Please note that the event is 19+ and not accessible (involves stairs).

Two Dates to choose from: Friday, October 18, 2024; Saturday, October 19, 2024.

Location: The tour begins at Axis Cafe, 3048 Dundas Street West.

Start time: 7:00pm. Please arrive 15 minutes in advance to check in.

Tickets: $25 for non-members of WTJHS | $10 for WTJHS members.

To purchase tickets, please visit the following link and select the date you want to attend: 

**Limited number of tickets available so purchase early!**

WTJHS thanks Axis Cafe and Shox Billiard Lounge for their generous support and contributions to the event.

Join us at the Annette Street Library at 6:30 pm on October 3, 2024, for a stimulating presentation by Chris Higgins based on his recent book, RIVERSTORYZ.

Most of what people know about the Humber is inscribed on heritage plaques, or published on popular websites. But there are other stories about this river in Toronto’s west end. If you care to search archival newspapers, they turn up in bunches. There were criminals who rampaged along the Humber, and cops that tried to stop them; schools of fish that were driven away; swimmers who drowned, and those that left for cleaner waters; artists and musicians who drew inspiration there; a silent film studio that made it their backdrop; a swinging dancehall that burned to the ground; brawls, liquor, accidents, killings, and drownings.

To learn about the Humber, by all means, read the plaques and surf the web. But for the rare stuff, read RIVERSTORYZ.

Date & Time: October 3, 2024. Doors open at 6:30 pm, event starts promptly at 6:45 pm and will end by 8:00 pm.

Location: Auditorium, lower level of Annette Street Library, 145 Annette Street (two blocks west of Keele Street)

A video recording of this meeting is now available for viewing via this DropBox link:

Meet our Presenter, Chris Higgins

Chris was born in Montreal but has been living happily in Toronto since the 1980s. After a 29-year teaching career with the Toronto District School Board, he retired in 2020 and took up writing. Chris’s first book – “BRICK by BRICK: Swansea Public School, 1890-2020” – was a love letter to a school where he’d taught for 17 years. Next came “RIVERSTORYZ: Conversations on the Humber.” Chris is currently working on “The Gaol Carpenter’s Diary,” a work of historical fiction about a jail employee who witnesses eleven high profile murder cases in nineteenth century Toronto.