Keating Channel
| Keating Channel | |
|---|---|
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. 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. 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.