Etobicoke Creek

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Etobicoke Creek is a river in the Greater Toronto Area that flows south from Caledon through Brampton and Mississauga into Lake Ontario, forming part of the boundary between Toronto and Mississauga.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
watercourse ⓘ
basinCountry Canada ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
crosses Canadian National Railway main line ⓘ
surface form: Canadian National Railway mainline near Toronto Pearson International Airport

Highway 401 ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth Way ⓘ
drainageBasin Etobicoke Creek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Etobicoke Creek watershed
flowsDirection generally southward ⓘ
flowsFrom Caledon ⓘ
flowsInto Lake Ontario ⓘ
flowsThrough Brampton ⓘ
Caledon ⓘ
Mississauga ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Mississauga ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
hasEcosystemType riparian corridor ⓘ
hasFeature Etobicoke Creek Trail ⓘ
hasFloodplain Etobicoke Creek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Etobicoke Creek valley
hasLandUseInWatershed agricultural ⓘ
suburban ⓘ
urban ⓘ
hasLeftTributary Centreville Creek ⓘ
Elmcrest Creek ⓘ
Humber West Creek ⓘ
Silver Creek ⓘ
Etobicoke Creek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: West Branch Etobicoke Creek
hasMouthElevation 0 metres ⓘ
hasRecreation walking and cycling trails along its valley ⓘ
hasRightTributary Etobicoke Creek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Little Etobicoke Creek

Spring Creek ⓘ
historicalEvent site of 1979 Mississauga train derailment evacuation area ⓘ
locatedIn Brampton ⓘ
surface form: City of Brampton

Regional Municipality of Peel ⓘ
surface form: City of Mississauga

Toronto ⓘ
surface form: City of Toronto

Greater Toronto Area ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Regional Municipality of Peel ⓘ
managedBy Toronto and Region Conservation Authority ⓘ
mouthLocation Lake Ontario ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from Mississauga word "wah-do-be-kang" meaning "place where the alders grow" ⓘ
near Toronto Pearson International Airport ⓘ
partOf Lake Ontario drainage basin ⓘ
surface form: Lake Ontario watershed
region Southern Ontario ⓘ
riverSystem Great Lakes Basin ⓘ
separates Etobicoke from Mississauga along lower reaches ⓘ
sourceLocation Caledon ⓘ
surface form: Caledon, Ontario
tributaryOf Lake Ontario ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Etobicoke → traversedBy → Etobicoke Creek ⓘ
Long Branch → borderedBy → Etobicoke Creek ⓘ
Etobicoke Creek → hasRightTributary → Etobicoke Creek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Little Etobicoke Creek
Etobicoke Creek → hasLeftTributary → Etobicoke Creek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Branch Etobicoke Creek
Etobicoke Creek → hasFloodplain → Etobicoke Creek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Etobicoke Creek valley
Etobicoke Creek → drainageBasin → Etobicoke Creek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Etobicoke Creek watershed