Humber River

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river

The Humber River is a significant waterway in Toronto, Ontario, flowing through the city into Lake Ontario and serving as an important natural, recreational, and historical corridor.

Aliases (5)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river →
associatedPeople	Anishinaabe → Haudenosaunee → Wendat →
basinSize	approximately 900 square kilometres →
cityWaterwayRole	major natural corridor in Toronto →
country	Canada →
drainageBasin	Lake Ontario watershed →
ecosystemType	urban river valley →
flowsInto	Lake Ontario →
flowsThrough	Brampton → Caledon → King → Richmond Hill → Toronto → Vaughan →
hasBridge	Humber Bay Arch Bridge → Islington Avenue bridge → Old Mill Bridge →
hasParkAlong	Etienne Brulé Park → Humber Bay Park → King’s Mill Park →
hasTrailAlong	Humber River Recreational Trail → Pan Am Path segment →
hasTributary	Black Creek → East Humber River → Humber Creek → West Humber River →
hasWildlife	migratory birds → salmon → trout →
heritageDesignationYear	1999 →
historicalName	Cobechenonk → Toronto Carrying-Place route (associated) →
historicalUse	Indigenous travel route → fur trade route → transportation corridor between Lake Ontario and Lake Simcoe →
length	approximately 100 kilometres →
locatedIn	Ontario → Toronto →
managingAgency	Toronto and Region Conservation Authority →
mouthLocation	Humber Bay → Toronto →
partOf	Great Lakes Basin →
recreationalUse	canoeing → cycling → fishing → walking →
region	Greater Toronto Area →
sourceLocation	Headwaters north of Toronto → Oak Ridges Moraine →
UNESCOStatus	Canadian Heritage River →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
River Calder ("Humber river basin") → River Rea ("Humber river system") → River Trent ("Humber river basin") →	partOf
Humber River ("West Humber River") → Humber River ("East Humber River") →	hasTributary
Boyd Conservation Area → York, Ontario →	locatedOn
Woodbridge, Ontario →	crossedByRiver
Boyd Conservation Area ("Humber River valley") →	hasFeature
Toronto →	majorRiver
Trent Falls ("Humber river system") →	riverSystem
Etobicoke →	traversedBy