Mimico Creek

Mimico Creek
River
Mimico Creek as it flows through Etobicoke, south of Bloor Street.
Country	Canada
State	Ontario
Cities	Toronto, Brampton, Ontario
Source
- location	near Professor's Lake, Ontario, Canada
Mouth
- location	Humber Bay Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Length	33 km (21 mi)
Basin	77 km2 (30 sq mi)

Mimico Creek is a 33 km watercourse with its headwaters in Brampton, Ontario, and its mouth in Toronto, Ontario.^[1] The watershed lies between the Humber River to the east and Etobicoke Creek to the west. It flows through the community of Malton, Ontario, Canada, now part of Mississauga; It flows southeast, past Pearson Airport; through a shallow valley surrounded by the urban neighbourhoods of Islington and Mimico, now part of Toronto. The creek is often encased in a concrete spillway to contain the fast flowing water that occurs during rainstorms. Mimico Creek crosses Bloor Street near the Islington Subway Station. It empties into Lake Ontario about 1 km west of the mouth of the Humber.

In the 1990s a large park called Humber Bay Park was constructed at the mouth of Mimico Creek. The park consists of two headlands built on landfill from local construction projects. Due to the name of the park, Mimico Creek is often mistaken for the Humber River.

See also

• List of creeks in Ontario

References

1. ^ "The Malton Environmental Stewardship Project". Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. http://www.trca.on.ca/Website/TRCA/Website.nsf/Webpage/trca__events__stewardship_programs__default_asp_load_malton?OpenDocument&Language=EN. Retrieved 2007-12-30. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Toronto Regional Conservation Authority map of the Mimico Creek watershed.

Coordinates: 43°37′20″N 79°29′00″W / 43.622311°N 79.483284°W / 43.622311; -79.483284