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For many years it was one of the few Toronto beaches that was clean enough for swimming, windsurfing and kitesurfing; It typically meets high water quality, environmental and safety standards; [8] however, a 2012 environmental assessment found that the concentration of lead and zinc in the soil at Cherry Beach is above guidelines, which is attributed to previous industrial use of the area. [2]
In 1912, the Toronto Harbour Commission drained it and reclaimed the land. [1] The Ashbridges Bay Reclamation Scheme was the largest engineering project in North America at that time, [1] filling in an area from Cherry Street to Leslie Street to create the Port Lands Industrial District and building the Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The south-western corner of the Port Lands is home to Cherry Beach, parkland similar to the Toronto Islands but surrounded by a mostly vacant, industrial setting. Regatta Road is a short street that runs south of Unwin Avenue just east of Cherry Street along the Martin Goodman Trail. It is home to a number of rowing and sailing clubs:
The beach is actually two beaches with the portion west of the Lookout Pier called Manitou Beach. The eastern boundary is near the western end of the boardwalk from Ward's Island. Hanlan's Point Beach is located on the west side of Toronto Islands on Lake Ontario, south of the airport and Hanlan's Point ferry dock.
Woodbine Beach and Kew-Balmy Beach are Blue Flag certified for cleanliness and are suitable for swimming. [3] The park and beach areas of the neighbourhood are known to be animal friendly and offer both on and off-leash dog parks. [4] The neighbourhood also serves as a home to Toronto wildlife. Most recently, Woodbine Beach has become a home to ...
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]
Kew Gardens is a large park in The Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.The park stretches from Queen Street East to Lake Ontario at Kew Beach.. The park began as a private 20.7-acre (8.4 ha) farm owned by Joseph Williams in the 1850s.
For over thirty years, several sailing, rowing, and windsurfing clubs have been using the area east of Cherry Beach and south of Unwin Avenue. These volunteer-run clubs, comprised collectively of up to 2,000 members, have spent many years building up physical and recreational infrastructure which would be difficult to replicate elsewhere.