beaver | Eyes on the Streets

There is a new mural (2022) in Toronto by Nick Sweetman featuring animals and plant life commonly found along Ontario’s rivers, especially the Don River that flows nearby. It adorns a wall/fence that runs the length of a new park, Riverside Square, which is southeast of Queen and the Don Valley Parkway.

below: The east end of the mural

part of mural by Nick Sweetman, Along the Riverbank

below: A blue-fronted dancer damselfly (A very long name for a very small creature!)

below: Mink, toad, and a water insect called a water strider.

below: Catfish

below: A raccoon eyes the fish swimming past

below: A happy dog among friends, a raccoon and a cotton tail rabbit. If you look closely, there is a bridge in the background by the fox – Torontonians might recognize this bridge as one of the many that cross the Don River.

below: Red fox, coyote

below: In the middle

below: Egret diving for fish

below: White-tailed Deer

below: North American beaver

below: Painted turtle

below: Northern Leopard Frog

Tensoe2 and Moises (Luvs) also contributed to ‘Along the Riverbank’

Photos taken January 2024

in downtown Belleville (Ontario)

five cars parked in front of a large mural of a green shelled turtle walking beside a large body of water, many animals are on the turtle's back, fox, bear, deer, moose, wolf, bobcat, beaver, rabbit, many birds are flying around,

The mural was painted by Allan Bender, John Nobrega, and Stacey Kinder of Blinc Studios.

closer up view of the turtle's head and some of the animals, turtle's front feet are in the water

The name Turtle Island comes from creation stories told by a number of indigenous groups of North America. It represents North America (or the Earth).

animals in a street art mural, mother bear and cub, wolves, bobcat or cougar, beaver

There is another large mural in downtown Belleville. It is a much more literal representation of the city and includes a few of that city’s landmarks.