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Watershed Consciousness Wall

Page history last edited by Mireille 11 years, 10 months ago

Photo Credits: Mireille Massue Summer 2011

Note: change watershed information - create separate page for Toronto-GTA Watershed ?? include link to Watershed Wall

Need stories - what was the thinking behind this piece, materials used, how long did it take to construct it, stories behind the scenes.

Don Valley Watershed

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Toronto has five watersheds each featuring recreational nature trails, woodland, meadow and wetland habitats
a living water wall depicting the ravine system and Greenbelt rivers that flow through Toronto.
Toronto’s 26,000-acre ravine system – the largest ravine system of any city in the world – carries the tributaries of the city’s urban watersheds, created by the meltwater of the receding glaciers over 10,000 years ago.
the Don River is 273 km (360 km² basin) long and passes through 6 municipalities
The main trunk of the Humber River is 126 km (903 km² basin) long and passes through 10 municipalities
The Rouge River is 250 km long (336 km² basin) and passes through 7 municipalities
There are over 200 “lost rivers” (buried under our streets) in Toronto
The Greenbelt is a 1.8 million-acre area in Ontario in which environmentally-important green spaces, wetlands, farmland, and communities are protected.
Over 100 municipalities within the Greenbelt share an important land use planning trust, and are committed by law to defending a large continuous green space.
It has been estimated that the Greenbelt contributes $2.6 billion annually to the ecological services of the region.
Much of the Oak Ridges Moraine lies in the Greenbelt. It contains the largest concentration of headwater streams in the Greater Toronto Area.
The Moraine acts as a recharge area for groundwater and is the source of Toronto’s drinking water

Reference Map

Author: Ray Ford || Photography: Lorne Bridgman. A New Don . (2011 June) Canadian Geographic Annual Environment Issue, p-31, 26-40

Watershed Consciousness Wall

Our resident artist Ferrucio Sardella made this piece representing Toronto’s watershed
pipes represent waterways -- Up in the north are the various sources of water and you can see Toronto’s three main rivers: Humber, Don, Rouge
Recycled steel
Some of the plant material needs to be replaced, and rainwater will be carried through the pipes & water the plants

They are the tributaries & streams that have been diverted or covered over during the process of building the city

Mud Creek, which runs through our site, is one of those tributaries of the Don
It has been liberated where it comes out of the storm drains and into the ponds in the quarry