'Multicellular Metazoans' will start the hike from the Erindale Park at 8:00am. We will meet up with more developed life forms as the hike north along the Culham Trail to end at the PineCliff Drive Park as Humans. Please arrive earlier to register, pick up rewards and get instructions. Registration opens at 7:30am.
The event is usually scheduled for the last Sunday of June, annually.
All times are approximate:
Placazoans join at Burnhamthorpe around 9:00am. (Parking at the Fisherman's Parking off Riverwood)
Jellyfish join just before the 403 at the west end of the Riverwood property around 9:15am (parking at the Riverwood Conservancy)Flatworms join at Wellesborough Place cul-de-sac around 9:30am (parking along Wellesborough Place)
Lamprey and Hagfish join at Eglinton at 9:45am
Sharks join at 10:00am near the ADM Milling plant and Ray-finned fish join at the Barber House Restaurant at 10:15am.
Amphibians join at the Vic Johnson's Park at 10:45am and Reptiles join just south of Bristol Road at 11:00am.
Dinosaurs flourish (and join) after the 3rd Major (Triassic-Jurassic) extinction at the Rivergrove Community Centre at 11:30am (parking at Rivergrove Community Centre.)
Marsupials join on the Britannia Bridge over the Credit River around 12:00pm (parking at Talisman Crt.)
From Sir Monty's Park, Laurasitheres concestors will join the evolving pilgrims at 12:15pm on the east side of the Credit River before enduring the 5th Major Extinction which killed off the dinosaurs. (Parking at Sir Monty's Park)
At the end of the hike, there will be a free hotdog lunch (limited veggie dogs) with juice and water available for participants. We may have dessert bars available too.
There will be a school bus to take participants back to Erindale Park with stops along the way for those who join later and need to get back to their vehicles. The bus will leave Pinecliff at 2:00pm aiming to return to Erindale by 2:30pm for those who need a pick-up from there.