Garrison Creek was a short creek about 6 kilometres long, that flowed southeast into the west side of Toronto Harbour. It has been largely covered over and filled in, but geographical traces of the creek can still be found. The natural ampitheatre known as Christie Pits is one such remnant, the south end of Trinity Bellwoods Park is another. The name "Garrison Creek" was used because Fort York was built near the creek mouth.
Volunteers lead popular tours of the course of the old watershed.
External links
The Toronto Lost Rivers web-site has a map and further history of Garrison Creek (http://www.lostrivers.ca/GarrisonCreek.htm).
GarrisonCreek got its name because, when Toronto was young, it entered Lake Ontario just east of Fort York, the military garrison for the region.
GarrisonCreek is divided into four reaches in this account: The Humewood Reach from the source near Vaughn Rd. to Davenport Rd. and the Iroquois Escarpment; The Christie Reach from there to Harbord Street; The Trinity Reach from Harbord Street to Queen St.
New interest in GarrisonCreek arose in the 1980's and 1990's when it became clear that the combined storm and sanitary sewers that had been constructed, beginning in the late 1800's, were too small to properly service modern development.
JOSEPH H. GARRISON, ex-county clerk, president of the Randall County land and Abstract Company and otherwise prominent at Canyon City, has been a resident of the Panhandle for the past ten years, and has taken a foremost rank among the enterprising and public-spirited citizens of Randall county.
Garrison is the possessor of one of the nicest ranches in the Panhandle, and although it makes no claims to distinction in the matter of acreage, since it comprises only six hundred and forty acres, yet it is a model as far as management and products are concerned.
Garrison makes a specialty of and has established a reputation for his thoroughbred registered Durham cattle, with which he has had fine success.
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