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Wendigo Creek
Wendigo Creek was a short watercourse in Toronto, Ontario, that drained into Grenadier Pond. It was spring fed, like nearby Spring Creek (Grenadier Pond), Spring Creek. Its headwaters were north of Bloor Street, Toronto, Bloor Street, near Dundas Street, Toronto, Dundas Street and Laws Street. Tributaries joined the main channel at Clendenan Street and Glendonwynne Street, north of High Park, Toronto, High Park. The creek's steeply sloped ravine was deep where it crossed Bloor, until that portion was filled in, in 1915. A conduit carried the creek under the embankment. Currently, storm sewers empty into channelized open remnant of the creek, south of Bloor, in the north end of High Park. Sediment washed down the creek, formed a sandbar, at the outlet of Grenadier Pond, sealing it off, as a separate pond. A follower of John Harvey Kellogg, William McCormick (doctor), William McCormick, and his wife, both medical doctors, built a sanatorium at 32 Gothic Avenue, along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto, Ontario
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
