Burke Brook is a small stream in Toronto, Ontario. It is part of the Don River watershield, a major river that flows into Lake Ontario. The north end of the stream begins near Glenview Senior Public School.[1]
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Burke Brooke used to start near Downsview Airport. The stream then went in a southeast direction to where it met the beginning of the stream today (just east of Glenview Senior Public School). After that the stream followed the current course to where it meets the West Don River. The total length of the stream was 9 kilometres (5.6 mi), with 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) being tributaries. [2]
Havergal Stream runs entirely through the property of Havergal College girls’ school. The start of the stream is fed by local sewers and nearby springs.[3] The Havergal Stream then proceeds to meet the North Toronto Storm Trunk Sewer at the edge of the school property. The water of the stream flows into the North Toronto Storm Trunk Sewer, where the sewer meets the Burke Brook.[3]
Havergal Stream used to start under the intersection of Old Orchard Grove and Barse Street by the Baycrest Hospital. The length of the river was 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi). The river left its source and proceeded in a south-south-east direction to the current grounds of Havergal College, where nowadays it pops ups from the ground. The stream then went to where the current North Toronto Storm Trunk Sewer is and then met the Burke Brook a little east of there.[3]
The North Toronto Storm Trunk Sewer is a storm sewer location in North York, Toronto, Ontario. The sewer has two sections: one starts at Lawrence Avenue and follows the old Burke Brooke, and the other starts at Douglass Avenue and Bathurst Street. The North Toronto Storm Trunk Sewer was a Metropolitan Toronto project installed during the 1960s and 70s. Like other sewers build at that time, it was intended to help reduce sewage along the planned route for the Spadina Expressway. It was also intended to allow particle sewage separation in suburban boroughs served by smaller sewage plants and to open up more land for development. The sewer also links to the North York Storm Trunk Sewer by Douglass Avenue and Bathurst Street. The North Toronto Storm Trunk Sewer meets the Burke Brooke where it starts near Glenview Senior Public School[4]
The Burke Brook use to have a total of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) of tributary streams.[2]
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