Keating Channel | |
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![]() Channel, looking east from Cherry St. The channel ends about 5 m behind the camera's viewpoint, the Don River entering in the far background. | |
Etymology | Named for Edward Henry Keating |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Municipality | Toronto |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Don River |
• coordinates | 43°39′05″N 79°20′52″W / 43.65139°N 79.34778°W |
• elevation | 74 m (243 ft) |
Mouth | Toronto Harbour |
• location | Toronto |
• coordinates | 43°38′46″N 79°21′27″W / 43.64611°N 79.35750°W |
• elevation | 74 m (243 ft) |
Length | 1 km (0.62 mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Great Lakes Basin |
The Keating Channel is a 1,000-metre (3,300 ft) long waterway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] It connects the Don River to inner Toronto Harbour (Toronto Bay) on Lake Ontario. The channel is named after Edward Henry Keating (1844-1912), a city engineer (1892-1898) who proposed the creation of the channel in 1893.[2] The channel was built to connect Ashbridge's Bay to the harbour; later, the Don was diverted into the channel, and its river mouth infilled in the early 1910s.[3]