Bonar Creek

Bonar Creek was a stream in Toronto's Mimico neighborhood that flowed into Lake Ontario as a tributary of Mimico Creek, which still exists today. The waterway was named after the Irish immigrants Bill and Letitia Bonar, who lived in a nearby pumping station. Today the creek has been almost entirely rerouted underground. Only a short stretch at its confluence with Mimico Creek is still visible, and it has been reshaped into a canal. At this spot, about 130 meters north of Lake Shore Boulevard, there are plans to restore the wetlands. Visitors can get a sense of the historic water landscape, which largely disappeared as the city developed.