A land once supposed to be a garbage dump, highway, and subdivision is slated to revitalize the economy of GTA’s eastern reaches as Canada’s first near-urban national park. Rouge Park, which borders Scarborough, Pickering, and Markham, is to be expanded into a 15,000-acre wilderness, befitting national park standards through the federal government’s help.

A land once supposed to be a garbage dump, highway, and subdivision, is slated to revitalize the economy of GTA’s eastern reaches as Canada’s first near-urban national park. Rouge Park, which borders Scarborough, Pickering, and Markham, will be expanded into a 15,000-acre wilderness, befitting national park standards through the federal government’s help.