Lake Shore Boulevard (commonly misspelt Lakeshore Boulevard) is a major arterial road running along most of the waterfront in the Canadian city of Toronto. Prior to 1998, two segments of Lake Shore Boulevard (from the Etobicoke–Mississauga boundary to the Humber River and from the eastern terminus of the Gardiner Expressway to Woodbine Avenue) were designated as part of Highway 2.
Lake Shore Boulevard begins in the west at Etobicoke Creek. It is a direct continuation of Lakeshore Road in Mississauga, which continues west to Hamilton. From here it travels close to, though not always within sight of, Lake Ontario eastward through the city to Ashbridges Bay, where it curves north and becomes Woodbine Avenue. The former route of Highway 2 then follows Kingston Road east.
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—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
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