The river as it runs beneath the Bloor/Danforth trestle bridge

The Don River is one of two rivers bounding the original settled area of Toronto, Canada along the shore of Lake Ontario, the other being the Humber River to the west. The Don is formed from two rivers, the East and West Branches, that meet about 7 km north of Lake Ontario while flowing southward into the lake. The area below the confluence is known as the lower Don, and the areas above as the upper Don. The Don is also joined at the confluence by a third major branch, Taylor-Massey Creek. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1,012 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source: Me File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1,012 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source: Me File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Bloor Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ... The Humber, as seen from a point near the northern border of Toronto. ... Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ... Taylor-Massey Creek watershed Taylor-Massey Creek is a tributary of the Don River (Toronto), in Toronto, Ontario. ...

The eastern arm of the rivers starts near the Oak Ridges Moraine just to the west of Yonge Street, flowing south-eastward through ravine forests in Richmond Hill, Thornhill, east of Willowdale and Don Mills. A second branch of the eastern Don, known as German Mills Creek, parallels the main eastern branch and joins it at Steeles Avenue, the northern boundary of Toronto. The Oak Ridges Moraine is an ecologically sensitive geological landform in south central Ontario, Canada. ... A sign for Yonge Street at the intersection with Maitland Street. ... Flag of the Town of Richmond Hill Map showing Richmond Hills location in York Region Richmond Hill is a town in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Thornhill is a former village in Ontario, Canada, directly north of Toronto and about 25 km (15 miles) north of Downtown Toronto, and is currently shared by two municipalities, the city of Vaughan having the portion west of Yonge Street and the town of Markham having the eastern portion. ... Willowdale is an established and affluent community in the former City of North York, now part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Don Mills is a new town and neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... German Mills Creek is one of the Don Rivers major tributary streams located just northwest of and flows through Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. ...

The western arm starts near the area of Maple, flowing south-east through the suburban industrial belt of Concord (Vaughan), and the G. Ross Lord Reservoir. It crosses Yonge Street as it flows through Hoggs Hollow and then flows on to Leaside before joining the eastern half. Maple is a high-growth suburban community northwest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, part of the city of Vaughan in York Region. ... Concord is a suburban community located northwest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Vaughan (2006 population 245,000)[2] is a city in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The Ashokan Reservoir, located in Ulster County, New York, USA. It is one of 19 that supplies New York City with drinking water. ... Hoggs Hollow is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada which is located in the Don River Valley centred on the intersection of Yonge Street and York Mills Road/Wilson Avenue. ... Leaside is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Foot of the Don, just before it exits into the shipping channel. The overpass in the foreground is the foot of the Don Valley Parkway as it exits onto the elevated Gardiner Expressway seen in the background. Note the algae covering most of the river.

Final exit of the Don into Lake Ontario, looking east from Cherry St. The Keating channel ends about 5 m behind the camera's viewpoint, the Don entering at the far end of the image.

Charles Sauriol Conservation Reserve is located near the forks of the Don River. It was at one time home of a Maple sugar shack and tapline, which was visited yearly by students from across East York. Charles Sauriol Conservation Reserve is a rarely used area of the river valley. Charles Sauriol was a historic protector of the Don. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1728, 2308 KB)View of the Don River, Toronto, just north of its exit into the shipping channel. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1728, 2308 KB)View of the Don River, Toronto, just north of its exit into the shipping channel. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1728, 2253 KB)Shipping channel at the foot of the Don River, Toronto. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1728, 2253 KB)Shipping channel at the foot of the Don River, Toronto. ... Maple syrup is a sweetener made from the sap of maple trees. ... The East York Civic Centre, the former City Hall East York is a former suburb of Toronto, which was a borough of Metropolitan Toronto before it was amalgamated into the megacity of Toronto in 1998. ... Charles Sauriol Charles Joseph Sauriol, CM, (May 3, 1904 – December 16, 1995) was a Canadian naturalist who was responsible for the preservation of many natural areas in Ontario and across Canada. ...

In 1788, Alexander Aitkin, an English surveyor who worked in southern Ontario, referred to the Don River as NeCheng qua kekonk.^[1]. Elizabeth Simcoe, wife of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe, reported in her diary that another named used was Wonscotanach.^[2] This is an Anishnaabe phrase meaning back burnt grounds which could refer to an earlier forest fire. The Don River was named by J.G. Simcoe because the wide valley reminded him of the River Don in Yorkshire. Sir Alexander Aitkin was deputy surveyor general and later the first surveyor general of Upper Canada. ... Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim (1762 (or 1766?)-1850) was the wife of John Graves Simcoe. ... John Graves Simcoe (February 25, 1752 – October 26, 1806) was the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (modern-day southern Ontario plus the shoreline of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior) from 1791-1796. ... The Anishinaabe language or the Ojibwe group of languages or Anishinaabemowin in Eastern Ojibwe syllabics) is the third most commonly spoken Native language in Canada (after Cree and Inuktitut), and the fourth most spoken in North America (behind Navajo, Cree, and Inuktitut). ... The River Don is a river in South Yorkshire, England. ...

In the 1880s the lower part of the Don south of the former Winchester St. bridge was straightened (east of the original mouth) and placed in a channel to create additional harbour space and industrial dock space for boats. Known as the Don Improvement Project it also turned the river mouth 90 degrees west where it empties into the inner harbour. This short extension of the harbour is known as the Keating Channel. The channel north of Lake Shore Blvd. East ceased being navigable when the Gardiner Expressway was constructed in the 1950s. Boats may still enter the Keating channel by going underneath a lift bridge at Cherry St. In late 2000, several plans were being drawn up to redevelop the area, including relocating the mouth closer to its original location, and developing a canal system around the area. The Keating Channel is a short waterway in the inner harbour of Toronto, Ontario on Lake Ontario. ... Lake Shore Boulevard is an east-west route running along most of Torontos waterfront. ... View of the Gardiner Expressway, west of downtown Toronto, from the pedestrian overpass at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue. ...

The Don had been heavily developed in the earlier portions of the 20th century, with several factories, two rail lines and then a freeway, the Don Valley Parkway, being built in the river valley. The last of the industrial plants, Domtar Polyresins, closed in the 1980s and has since been reused as the Toronto Police Force K-9 training site. The only remaining industrial use on urban portions of the river is the North Toronto Sewage Treatment plant, whose use is currently under review. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Interstate 80 (Eastshore Freeway) in Berkeley, a typical American freeway (MUTCD definition) A freeway is a type of highway that is designed for safer high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections. ... Don Valley Parkway, looking northbound, in typical rush-hour traffic The Don Valley Parkway (often referred to as the DVP or simply as The Parkway) is a controlled-access six-lane freeway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, so named because it runs through the scenic Don River Valley. ... Belgian Malinois as K-9 unit A police dog is a dog that is trained specifically to assist police and similar law-enforcement personnel with their work. ... Sewage treatment, or domestic wastewater treatment, is the process of removing contaminants from wastewater, both runoff and domestic. ...

The western section of Taylor-Massey Creek and the southern portion of the western branch are surrounded by parkland. In more recent years the retreat of the industrial plants and rail infrastructure has freed up room which is now being turned into bicycling trails, which now extend from the shore of Lake Ontario northward in several directions to provide some 30km of off-road paved trails. While Toronto is fairly flat in general, local cyclists have developed a number of technically challenging singletrack trails throughout the area, following the main trails. Cycling is a recreation, a transport across land. ... A singletrack is generally a narrow off-road trail used by cyclists. ...

Tributaries

• Don River (lower Don)
  • Castle Frank Brook
  • Yellow Creek
  • Mud Creek
  • Cudmore Creek
• Don River West Branch
  • Wilket Creek
  • Walmsley Creek
  • Otter Creek
  • Ames Creek
  • Burke Brook
• Don River East Branch
  • Taylor-Massey Creek
  • German Mills Creek
  • Duncan Woods Creek
  • Newtonbrook Creek
  • Deerlick Creek

Castle Frank Brook is a buried creek whose source is in Lawrence Avenue and Dufferin Street area. ... Taylor-Massey Creek watershed Taylor-Massey Creek is a tributary of the Don River (Toronto), in Toronto, Ontario. ... German Mills Creek is one of the Don Rivers major tributary streams located just northwest of and flows through Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. ...

See also

• Pape Village
• Crothers' Woods
• List of Ontario rivers

Pape Village is a commercial district in Toronto, Canada. ... Crothers Woods Crothers Woods is an area of the Don River valley in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... See also: Rivers in Canada Tributaries of Hudson Bay Rivers in Canada alphabetically Rivers of the Americas This is the list of rivers situated which flow through Ontario. ...

References

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External links

• Our Valley
• Don Mouth Naturalization and Port Lands Flood Protection Project
• Task Force to Bring back the Don
• Friends of the Don East
• Lost Rivers Walks and Local History
• Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve
• Don Watcher weblog
• Don Watershed Regeneration
• Map of, and links to, the buried waterways of Toronto, including the Don tributaries Castle Frank Creek, Yellow Creek, Mud Creek, Cudmore Creek, Walmsley Brook and Burke Brook.