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[[File:Hearn Generating Station.jpg|thumb|left|The Hearn Generating Plant anchors the eastern end of Unwin Avenue.]]
[[File:Hearn Generating Station.jpg|thumb|left|The Hearn Generating Plant anchors the eastern end of Unwin Avenue.]]
[[File:Cruise ship and lake freighter, eastern gap, toronto -a.jpg|right|thumb|Toronto’s International Marine Passenger Terminal, built in 2005, anchors the western end of Unwin Avenue.]]
[[File:Cruise ship and lake freighter, eastern gap, toronto -a.jpg|right|thumb|Toronto’s International Marine Passenger Terminal, built in 2005, anchors the western end of Unwin Avenue.]]
'''Unwin Avenue''' is a street in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].
'''Unwin Avenue''' is a street in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].<ref name=UnwinNaturalHistory/><ref name=Stroll/><ref name=Joggers/>
It is approximately {{convert|2.6|km|mi}} long, running east-west south of the [[Turning basin]], north of [[Cherry Beach]].
It is approximately {{convert|2.6|km|mi}} long, running east-west south of the [[Turning basin]], north of [[Cherry Beach]].
The [[Hearn Generating Plant]], a retired coal fired electrical plant, anchors the east end of the avenue at [[Leslie Street]].<ref name=InsideToronto>
The [[Hearn Generating Plant]], a retired coal fired electrical plant, anchors the east end of the avenue at [[Leslie Street]].<ref name=InsideToronto>
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Shawn Micallef's ''Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto'' tells sightseers how to recognize the horrific crashes of [[David Cronenberg]]'s [[Crash (1996 film)|''Crash'']].<ref name=Stroll/>


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=UnwinNaturalHistory>
{{cite web
| url        = http://books.google.ca/books?id=Xy6zHAAACAAJ&dq=%22Unwin+Avenue%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=G6lfT_WkOMHW0QGQx5mrDQ&redir_esc=y
| title      = Unwin Avenue: Cherry Beach to Leslie Street : a natural history of the area in the 1980s
| publisher  =
| date        = 1988
| accessdate  =
| quote      =
| page        =
| author      = [[Don Peuramaki]]
}}
</ref>
 
<ref name=Stroll>
{{cite book
| isbn = 9781770562615
| url        = http://books.google.ca/books?id=1Mv16FuRLs0C&pg=PT184&dq=%22Unwin+Avenue%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=G6lfT_WkOMHW0QGQx5mrDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Unwin%20Avenue%22&f=false
| title      = Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto
| publisher  = [[Coach House Books]]
| date        = 2011
| accessdate  = 2012-03-13
| quote      =
| page        = 289-290
| author      = Shawn Micallef
}}
</ref>
 
<ref name=Joggers>
{{cite book
| isbn = 9781550023046
| url        = http://books.google.ca/books?id=I8ofK1wKiLAC&pg=PA105&dq=%22Unwin+Avenue%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=G6lfT_WkOMHW0QGQx5mrDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Unwin%20Avenue%22&f=false
| title      = Discover & explore Toronto's waterfront: a walker's, jogger's, cyclist's, boater's guide to Toronto's lakeside sites and history
| publisher  = [[Dundurn Press]]
| date        = 1998
| accessdate  = 2012-03-13
| quote      =
| page        =
| author      = Mike Filey
}}
</ref>
It is approximately {{convert|2.6|km|mi}} long, running east-west south of the [[Turning basin]], north of [[Cherry Beach]].
}}

Revision as of 12:54, 29 December 2023

The Hearn Generating Plant anchors the eastern end of Unwin Avenue.
Toronto’s International Marine Passenger Terminal, built in 2005, anchors the western end of Unwin Avenue.

Unwin Avenue is a street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1][2][3] It is approximately 2.6 km (1.62 mi) long, running east-west south of the Turning basin, north of Cherry Beach. The Hearn Generating Plant, a retired coal fired electrical plant, anchors the east end of the avenue at Leslie Street.[4] Port facilities and the International Marine Passenger Terminal anchor the west end of the avenue at Cherry Street.[5]

The entrance to the Leslie Street Spit is at the intersection of Leslie and Unwin.[6]

On November 29, 2011, Leanne Freeman, a 23 year old woman, was found on Unwin Avenue, mortally wounded with a gun shot wound to her head.[7]

Shawn Micallef's Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto tells sightseers how to recognize the horrific crashes of David Cronenberg's Crash.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Don Peuramaki (1988). Unwin Avenue: Cherry Beach to Leslie Street : a natural history of the area in the 1980s.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shawn Micallef (2011). Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto. Coach House Books. ISBN 9781770562615. Retrieved on 2012-03-13. 
  3. ↑ Mike Filey (1998). Discover & explore Toronto's waterfront: a walker's, jogger's, cyclist's, boater's guide to Toronto's lakeside sites and history. Dundurn Press. ISBN 9781550023046. Retrieved on 2012-03-13. 
  4. ↑ Joanna Lavoie. Residents clear on what they want for port lands, Inside Toronto, 2011-12-14. Retrieved on 2012-01-01. “Others inquired about marine usage and cycling in the port lands as well as future uses for the venerable Hearn Generating Station on Unwin Avenue.”
  5. ↑ Getting to The Port of Toronto’s International Marine Passenger Terminal, Port of Toronto, 2011. Retrieved on 2011-12-29.
  6. ↑ Club invites residents to walk off the holiday turkey, Inside Toronto, 2010-12-24. Retrieved on 2012-01-01. “Jan. 1, Leslie Street Spit: Depart at 1 p.m. from Leslie Street at Unwin Avenue at the gate at the entrance to the Spit. There is plenty of parking or walk south from the Queen streetcar. This an annual event promises to start off the new year on the right foot.”
  7. ↑ Winnipeg woman murdered in Toronto knew killer: police, CTV News, 2011-12-09. Retrieved on 2012-01-01.
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