Don River

E42263

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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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Don River canonical	12
Don River region	3
Don River watershed	3
Don River Valley	1
Don River basin	1
Don River front	1
Don River sector	1
Don River valley	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 (23)

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

Toronto → majorRiver → Don River ⓘ

Case Blue → location → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River basin

Hungarian 2nd Army → frontSector → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River sector

Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943 → location → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River region

Soviet Don Front → location → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River region

Operation Little Saturn → location → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River region

East York → traversedByRiver → Don River ⓘ

Markham, Ontario → locatedOn → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River watershed

ARMIR → location → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River front

middle Don River → partOf → Don River ⓘ

Toronto Harbour → mouthOf → Don River ⓘ

Danforth Avenue → crosses → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River Valley

Thorncliffe Park → locatedNear → Don River ⓘ

Oak Ridges Moraine → feedsRiverSystem → Don River ⓘ

Toronto Carrying-Place route (associated) → follows → Don River ⓘ

subject surface form: Toronto Carrying-Place route

GO Transit Richmond Hill line → followsRiver → Don River ⓘ

Taylor Creek Park → locatedIn → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River watershed

Don Valley Trail system → locatedInFeature → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River valley

East Don River → partOf → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River watershed

lower Don River → partOf → Don River ⓘ

Prince Edward Viaduct → crosses → Don River ⓘ

Don Valley Parkway → follows → Don River ⓘ

Don Valley Parkway → namedAfter → Don River ⓘ