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Mimico Creek is a stream that flows through Brampton, Mississauga and Toronto in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. [1] It is 33 kilometres (21 mi) long, is in the Great Lakes Basin, and is a tributary of Lake Ontario.
Etobicoke Creek / ɛ ˈ t oʊ b ɪ k oʊ / ⓘ is a river in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. [1] It is a tributary of Lake Ontario and runs from Caledon to southern Etobicoke, part of the City of Toronto. The creek is within the jurisdiction of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
The Humber River is a river in Southern Ontario, Canada. [2] It is in the Great Lakes Basin, is a tributary of Lake Ontario and is one of two major rivers on either side of the city of Toronto, the other being the Don River to the east. It was designated a Canadian Heritage River on September 24, 1999. [3]
The river became known as Missinnihe (Eastern Ojibwa: "trusting creek" [5]) to the Mississaugas First Nation who met annually with white traders there. To the First Nations, the river was "held in reverential estimation as the favourite resort of their ancestors" [6] and the band, which ranged from Long Point on Lake Erie to the Rouge River on Lake Ontario, became known as the Credit River ...
Two medium-sized rivers are contained entirely within Toronto's boundaries - Highland Creek (although part of its watershed contains a portion of southern Markham), and Taylor-Massey Creek which is a tributary of the Don River, East Branch. Mimico Creek, and Etobicoke Creek are minor streams which originate in Brampton and Mississauga.
The Ojibwe Mississauga name of the creek in modern orthography is Zhingwaatigotigweyaa-ziibi. [ 5 ] The French missionaries from Ganatsekwyagon , who reached the stream in 1670, called it Riviere au Saumon , meaning the "Salmon River", because of a large number of salmon fish that spawned there.
The Humber River (Ojibwe: Gabekanaang-ziibi, lit. ' river at the end of the trail ') [1] is a river in Southern Ontario, Canada. [2] It is in the Great Lakes Basin, is a tributary of Lake Ontario and is one of two major rivers on either side of the city of Toronto, the other being the Don River to the east.
The climate of Mississauga is officially represented by Pearson International Airport but conditions can differ depending on location: fog tends to be more common along the lakeshore and in the Credit River Valley at certain times of year, particularly during the autumn. The southwestern side of the city (Clarkson) is usually significantly ...