North Creek (Toronto) Explained

North Creek
Map:Mouth of North Creek, and the grounds of the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital, 1936.jpg
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Ontario
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Greater Toronto Area
Subdivision Type5:Municipality
Subdivision Name5:Toronto
Source1:ditch
Source1 Location:Alderwood
Mouth:Lake Ontario
Mouth Location:New Toronto
Mouth Coordinates:43.5928°N -79.5139°W
Mouth Elevation:74m (243feet)
River System:Great Lakes Basin

North Creek is a mostly buried watercourse that flows into Lake Ontario on the grounds of the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital now in Colonel Samuel Smith Park.[1] Its mouth was at Kipling Avenue.Its headwaters were near the present day intersection of the Queen Elizabeth Way and Browns Line.Almost all the creek had been buried by 1960, but part of the creek remains and mouth now flows in an easterly direction instead of southerly into Lake Ontario.

The mouth of Etobicoke Creek was approximately 2.5 km to the west of the mouth of North Creek.The mouth of Jackson Creek was approximately 700 m to the east of the mouth of North Creek.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Lost Creeks of South Etobicoke: North Creek . 2009-10-13.