The
original site of the town of York
had half a dozen short creeks that
flowed through it. As the town developed
they all became polluted, and were
buried. As the city grew the larger
two creeks, Taddle Creek and Garrison
Creek, were also filled in. The Scarborough
Bluffs are much larger bluffs that
lie approximately ten kilometres east
of the harbour. Currents washed the
sand eroded from the bluffs westwards
to form the bay. Fort York, on the
north shore of the bay, near the mouth
of Garrison Creek, guarded the harbour's
mouth. It was briefly captured by
American forces during the War of
1812. Toronto Harbour is both a commercial
port and a recreation area. Commercial
activities are confined mainly to
the harbour's eastern side, while
the western side has been developed
into Harbourfront, a project designed
to afford people access to their once
forbidding, industrialized harbour.
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