Workers laying the Garrison Creek sewer, circa 1890s. Image: City of Toronto Archives
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Resource ID
8210
Access
Open
Credit Line
City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 376, File 1, Item 12
Date of Creation
1890
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Rights
Public Domain
Caption
Workers laying the Garrison Creek sewer, circa 1890s. Image: City of Toronto Archives
Description
Workers laying the Garrison Creek sewer. One of Toronto’s “lost rivers,” Garrison Creek ran from near Dufferin Street and St. Clair Avenue south through Trinity Bellwoods Park towards its mouth by Fort York; its steep ravines added protection to the military base. Between the 1880s and 1920s, the ravine was buried and the creek redirected into a sewer line due to pollution from garbage and human waste, which increased with the growing city.