Charles Sauriol Conservation Park is found in the Don Valley, which is part of the ravine system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Toronto is distinguished from other cities worldwide by its system of deep ravines throughout the city. The largest of these rivers are the Humber, Rouge, and Don Rivers. Formed by small rivers displacing sand and soil deposited in the last ice age, these ravines are mostly parkland in a natural state. Development of the ravine system was halted after 81 people were killed during Hurricane Hazel in 1956 when their homes were swept into the Humber River. The Don Valley, which was under tremendous urban and industrial stressors during most of the twentieth century, is in a recovery process. The most evident legacies are the channel on the Lower Don before Lake Ontario and the Don Valley Parkway, a six-lane expressway.
Charles Sauriol Conservation Park
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Toronto ravine systems
Don Valley Parkway
Don River
Parks and Gardens in Toronto Centre (the elevated wetlands are not in the park)
Bonnell, J. (2008). Tracing the Social and Environmental History of the Don River. Changing Urban Waterfronts' Seminar Series. Presented at the City of Toronto Archives on April 7, 2008
