Humber River (Ontario)

The Humber Bay Arch Bridge is located at the mouth of the Humber into Lake Ontario

It rises in the territory of the Oak Ridges Moraine in the municipality of mono and ends in the city of Toronto in Ontario. Is named after the River Humber Bay Bay at the mouth location. The river also flows through the towns of Caledon, Brampton and Vaughan, the source river East Humber River rises in Temperanceville ( city of Richmond Hill ) and flows through the city King. The tributaries of the Humber the Humber Creek, Black Creek, Salt Creek, Rainbow Creek, Wilcox Lake and Claireville Lake. He has a catchment area of 908 km ². Along the river today is a leafy cycling and footpath that leads up to the Harbourfront Toronto.

On Humber have already settled 10000-7000 BC people. The first settlers were the Palaeo - Indians. In a second wave of settlement 7000-1000 BC settled seasonally to the river. In the third period of settlement, the river was used as a connection between Lake Simcoe and Lake Ontario. The first European settlers arrived on the Humber was Étienne Brûlé.

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