Garrison Creek

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Garrison Creek

Photo by Alan L Brown - July 2007

This City of Toronto Discovery Walk display at the north-west corner of Bloor and Christie Streets has this to say about the buried creek:

Trace the path of the buried Garrison Creek Ravine. Explore parklands, traditional neighbourhoods and vibrant main streets. You are standing on what was once the edge of an extensive ravine system containing one of the largest creeks that ran through central Toronto. Once famous for its salmon fishing, Garrison Creek flowed into Lake Ontario near the Fort York garrison. Archaeological finds indicate First Peoples used the creek as a route between Lake Ontario and the north starting about 3,000 years ago. Workers removing sand and gravel found tusk fragments of an ice-age elephant (mammoth or mastodon) near here. The City buried the creek south of here in an underground sewer during the 1880s. Later, it also filled in the creek north of here and gradually filled in the ravine. Today you can trace the course of this "lost" creek by following this Discovery Walk through a series of interconnected parks, open spaces and adjacent streets.

Location Co-ordinates: 43.663533 -79.419093

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