xmyth_
Senior Member
We’re getting turtles!
- Thread starter DSCToronto
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Carpe Diem
New Member
Yes! I saw one crossing the path, a Northern Map I think. Also, biked down last night around 8pm just before the storm, this place is very photogenic.
xmyth_
Senior Member
Are all the trash bins in the playground? Will they be needed elsewhere?
GameOnBrad
Active Member
DSCToronto
Superstar
There are some scattered around but I bet that when Parks takes over they will all be moved together so they can empty them easier!
abovegrade
Active Member
Do you guys think that these channels/canals/rivers will ever be swimmable? In Copenhagen they have things like waterslides and floating docks on canals right in the centre of the city. They are really busy in the summer months. What would it take logistically for this to happen?
mburrrrr
Senior Member
Dog approved! Happy happy happy.
Although we had to drive a dog owner home after another dog took her out and broke her ankle.
Two short trips to the park on Tuesday.
Do you think the gates are temporary? Maybe on back order?
Although we had to drive a dog owner home after another dog took her out and broke her ankle.
Two short trips to the park on Tuesday.
Do you think the gates are temporary? Maybe on back order?
DSCToronto
Superstar
The Don is still not clean enough for safe swimming, the City continues to clean it up but it will be a while before I would venture into it myself!
evandyk
Senior Member
There's a major sewer project under way right now so that not as much raw sewage gets poured into the Don every time it rains heavily. But even when that project is done, I think there's still a lot of work to be done upstream...
www.theguardian.com
How Toronto’s Don River, once declared dead, is roaring back to life
Once it was so polluted it caught fire several times - and was declared dead in 1969, but Toronto’s Don river is now roaring back to life Can the Don River be resurrected ?
www.theguardian.com
rdaner
Senior Member
GameOnBrad
Active Member
There's a major sewer project under way right now so that not as much raw sewage gets poured into the Don every time it rains heavily. But even when that project is done, I think there's still a lot of work to be done upstream...
How Toronto’s Don River, once declared dead, is roaring back to life
Once it was so polluted it caught fire several times - and was declared dead in 1969, but Toronto’s Don river is now roaring back to life Can the Don River be resurrected ?
Yep. They have a $3 billion budget for water projects across the city. The Coxwell Bypass Tunnel and the Inner Harbour West Tunnel, which will directly affect the Don River and the water quality around Ookwemin Minising, is well on it's way. But there are a lot more projects on the go across the city as well. There are huge storage tanks being built to store stormwater (until it can be treated) instead of allowing it to flow out into the lake.
Google "Don River Central Waterfront stormwater management projects" and you'll find a City of Toronto youtube video on it all.
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UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
The more things I learn about my city from a paper based out of London, UK...There's a major sewer project under way right now so that not as much raw sewage gets poured into the Don every time it rains heavily. But even when that project is done, I think there's still a lot of work to be done upstream...
How Toronto’s Don River, once declared dead, is roaring back to life
Once it was so polluted it caught fire several times - and was declared dead in 1969, but Toronto’s Don river is now roaring back to life Can the Don River be resurrected ?
Sauga89
Active Member
Here is the UT thread on the Coxwell Bypass Tunnel.
isaidso
Senior Member
Good they had the sense to check for kayakers/canoeists before jumping.
GameOnBrad
Active Member
**Radio Voice** Explore the dark side of the new park... **cough** I mean the south side, where hardly anybody goes (yet)...
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