Todmorden Mills

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  • Address
    67 Pottery Rd, Greater Toronto East
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  • Phone
    396 2819
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Broadview then bus 8, 62, 87, 100

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Lonely Planet review

Quietly set by the Don River, this unique industrial relic housed a late 18th-century gristmill turned sawmill, then brewery and distillery, then paper mill. Historical exhibits loiter inside the Brewery Gallery, where eager guides show visitors around old millers' houses and the petite Don train station, relocated here in the 1960s.

Nature paths start near the bridge and wind back to the secluded Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve (www.hopscotch.ca/tmwpl), 9.2 hectares of wildflowers growing on former industrial wasteland, complete with boardwalks and viewing platforms. The Mills make a great detour if you're exploring The Danforth. For urban hikers, one of the city's Discovery Walks runs by here. Otherwise from Broadview subway station, take any bus northbound a few blocks to Mortimer Ave, then walk 1km west.