Toronto's human-made river is starting to look like the real thing Toronto River
Work is quickly progressing for the re-naturalized outflow through the Port Lands area, and Waterfront Toronto recently announced that excavation of the river valley is now complete, sharing an aerial overview of the new land feature.
Drone footage highlights the curving course of the new river valley as it winds through former industrial lands. The now-complete excavation averages 100 metres wide, carving a kilometre-long path along Don Roadway and west across Cherry Street, where the river's new mouth will empty into Lake Ontario.Though water has yet to flow through the new river mouth — 'plugs' currently cap both ends of the new valley at the Keating Channel and Toronto Harbour — you can already see bridges crisscrossing the winding trench.
Futuristic-looking bridges connect a realigned road grid through a new island to the surrounding lands. The first of these four bridges serving what will soon become known as Villiers Island
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