Don River

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river

The Don River is a significant waterway in Toronto, Ontario, that flows south through the city into Lake Ontario and has played an important role in its urban and environmental history.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Don River region 3
Don River basin 1
Don River front 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
adjacentTo Don Valley Parkway ⓘ
Don Valley Trail system ⓘ
Lower Don Trail ⓘ
basinSize about 360 square kilometres ⓘ
city Toronto ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
crossedBy Bloor Viaduct ⓘ
Don Valley Parkway ⓘ
Prince Edward Viaduct ⓘ
ecologicalRole supports riparian habitats ⓘ
urban wildlife corridor in Toronto ⓘ
environmentalIssue flooding risk ⓘ
industrial pollution ⓘ
stormwater runoff ⓘ
flowsInto Lake Ontario ⓘ
flowsThrough East York ⓘ
Markham, Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Markham

North York ⓘ
Richmond Hill, Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Richmond Hill

Scarborough ⓘ
hasBridge Leaside Bridge ⓘ
Prince Edward Viaduct ⓘ
Prince Edward Viaduct ⓘ
surface form: Queen Street Viaduct
hasMouthIn Toronto Harbour ⓘ
hasRecreation birdwatching areas ⓘ
cycling trails along Don Valley ⓘ
hiking trails along Don Valley ⓘ
hasTributary East Don River ⓘ
Humber Creek ⓘ
surface form: Taylor-Massey Creek

East Don River ⓘ
surface form: West Don River
historicalSignificance important to Indigenous peoples prior to European settlement ⓘ
influenced early industrial development in Toronto ⓘ
subject to extensive 19th and 20th century channelization ⓘ
length about 38 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Ontario ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Don Valley Brick Works Park vicinity ⓘ
locatedInValley Don Valley ⓘ
managingAgency Toronto and Region Conservation Authority ⓘ
mouthLocation Toronto Harbour ⓘ
surface form: Lake Ontario shoreline at Toronto
namedAfter River Don ⓘ
surface form: River Don in Yorkshire, England
province Ontario ⓘ
riverSystem Great Lakes region ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes Basin
sourceLocation Oak Ridges Moraine ⓘ
undergoingProject Don Mouth Naturalization and Port Lands Flood Protection Project ⓘ
Don River and Central Waterfront Project ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Hungarian 2nd Army → frontSector → Don River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don River sector
Markham, Ontario → locatedOn → Don River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don River watershed
ARMIR → location → Don River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don River front
Case Blue → location → Don River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don River basin
this entity surface form: Don River region
Soviet Don Front → location → Don River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don River region
this entity surface form: Don River region
Toronto → majorRiver → Don River ⓘ
East York → traversedByRiver → Don River ⓘ