Bonar Creek was a creek in

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, Canada. It was a tributary of the still-existing

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, a watercourse that empties into

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. Bonar Creek joined Mimico Creek north of

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, in the marsh at the mouth of the Mimico Creek. The creek is named for Irish immigrants Bill and Letitia Bonar who lived in a pumphouse near the waterway. 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. There are plans to restore part of the wetlands at the confluence of the two creeks.

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