In the middle of Canada's largest city, a natural wilderness is thriving in the unlikeliest of places. This documentary tells the surprising story of the Leslie Street Spit - a remarkably rich wilderness located a few short kilometres from the heart of Toronto. "The Spit," or Tommy Thompson Park as it's officially called, was initially conceived of as a breakwater to protect Toronto's bustling shoreline. To build it, construction waste was dumped into Lake Ontario starting in 1959, eventually creating a five-kilometre concrete peninsula. Soon, the heaps of rubble gave way to plants and wild animals proving that, when given the chance, nature can take root anywhere.

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