That’s pretty sophisticated for graffiti and all the better for it.
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“No DAPL”
I assume that’s about this?
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Yes, and the MMIW stands for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
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The indigenous works are all along this trail, which pretty much follows the course of trade/hunting trails dating back 4000 years. First Seneca and then Mississaugas inhabited the area. They practiced agriculture (maize, squash) supplemented by hunting and fishing the nearby Humber River. There were villages of up to 2000 individuals, and they had large alliances/treaties with neighbours to avoid squabbles.
First the French built a fur trading post on the spot, but they abandoned it to punish the Seneca for trading with the British and Dutch. The Seneca abandoned the area, the Mississaugas moved in later and the British built Fort York, which evolved into the city of York. York became Toronto, a bastardization of the name tkaranto (place where the trees are in the water) referring to weirs the indigenous people built at the sight to trap salmon
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I’ve enjoyed this stuff, I feel like I’ve been on a trip (not that sort) somewhere, rather like Guy and Graeme’s walks 
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They’re painted on bridge pilings, the rust line at the bottom of the second picture is the (sometimes) water line. I want to come back in the spring and take a pic of her “rising” from the river.
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I’ve been dusting off/replacing my old backpacking kit lately. I plan on getting some more ambitious stuff up next summer 
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Should make a cracking photo.
I too have a Humber river near me.
Wouldn’t be surprised if there was a link, similarly with York.
May ask my friend google…
Yes, they weren’t very creative when it came to naming the “new world”.
Related: The city of New Berlin (due to being in an area largely settled by Germans) was renamed and remains London, Ontario. WW1 reasons.
They were both probably named after the car manufacturer 
It should be called the Umber, seeing as it flows past Ull. 
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“Bird Island” taken at Durdle Door, Dorset on Saturday afternoon. The famous arch is to the left of this outcrop.
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Off there tomorrow was it busy ?
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Not too busy. Have a good time!
2 years ago in Borneo must seem like yesterday. I can’t wait to get travelling again.
