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[[File:Course of Bonar Creek, a tributary to Mimico Creek.jpg | left | thumb | Course of Bonar Creek, a tributary to Mimico Creek.]] | |||
[[image:Confluence of Bonar Creek and Mimico Creek.jpg | thumb | Confluence of Bonar Creek and [[Mimico Creek]] in 1889.]] | [[image:Confluence of Bonar Creek and Mimico Creek.jpg | thumb | Confluence of Bonar Creek and [[Mimico Creek]] in 1889.]] | ||
'''Bonar Creek''' was a tributary of [[Mimico Creek]], a watercourse that empties into [[Lake Ontario]] in the former city of [[Mimico, Ontario|Mimico]], now part of [[Toronto]].<ref name=TrcaBonar/><ref name=LostCreeksBonar/> Bonar Creek joined Mimico Creek {{convert|130|m|ft}} north of [[Lakeshore Boulevard]], in the marsh at the mouth of the Mimico Creek. | '''Bonar Creek''' was a tributary of [[Mimico Creek]], a watercourse that empties into [[Lake Ontario]] in the former city of [[Mimico, Ontario|Mimico]], now part of [[Toronto]].<ref name=TrcaBonar/><ref name=LostCreeksBonar/> Bonar Creek joined Mimico Creek {{convert|130|m|ft}} north of [[Lakeshore Boulevard]], in the marsh at the mouth of the Mimico Creek. | ||
Almost the entire creek has been buried, except for a short stretch where the former watercourse | Three generations of squatters lived in a pumphouse in the marsh where Bonar Creek joins Mimico Creek, from 1916 to 1964.<ref name=citiesintimeMimicoCreek/> The creek is named after the squatters, the Bonar family. | ||
Almost the entire creek has been buried, except for a short stretch where the former watercourse joined Mimico Creek, and that remaining portion has been canalized.<ref name=LostCreeksBonar/> | |||
However there are plans to restore part of the wetlands at the confluence of the two creeks.<ref name=BonarCreekStormwater/> | However there are plans to restore part of the wetlands at the confluence of the two creeks.<ref name=BonarCreekStormwater/> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|refs= | {{Reflist|refs= | ||
<ref name=citiesintimeMimicoCreek> | |||
{{cite web | |||
| title = Mimico Creek: A Former Squatters’ Paradise | |||
| url = http://citiesintime.ca/toronto/story/mimico-creek/ |website=Toronto in Time | |||
| archive-date=December 31, 2014 | |||
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141231001400/http://citiesintime.ca/toronto/story/mimico-creek/ | |||
}} | |||
</ref> | |||
<ref name=TrcaBonar> | <ref name=TrcaBonar> | ||
{{cite news | {{cite news | ||
Latest revision as of 19:50, 17 January 2024
Confluence of Bonar Creek and Mimico Creek in 1889.
Bonar Creek was a tributary of Mimico Creek, a watercourse that empties into Lake Ontario in the former city of Mimico, now part of Toronto.[1][2] Bonar Creek joined Mimico Creek 130 m (426.51 ft) north of Lakeshore Boulevard, in the marsh at the mouth of the Mimico Creek.
Three generations of squatters lived in a pumphouse in the marsh where Bonar Creek joins Mimico Creek, from 1916 to 1964.[3] The creek is named after the squatters, the Bonar family.
Almost the entire creek has been buried, except for a short stretch where the former watercourse joined Mimico Creek, and that remaining portion has been canalized.[2] However there are plans to restore part of the wetlands at the confluence of the two creeks.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Etobicoke and Mimico Creeks Watersheds Technical Update Report, Toronto Regional Conservation Authority.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lost Creeks of South Etobicoke: Bonar Creek, Lost Creeks of South Etobicoke.
- ↑ Mimico Creek: A Former Squatters’ Paradise.
- ↑ Bonar Creek Stormwater Management Facility and Legion Road Extension Municipal Class Environmental Assessment, City of Toronto, 2010-07-26. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.