Restoring the mouth of the Don River and reconnecting it to its original route into Toronto Harbour is almost complete.
The river valley, although flooded, is currently separated from Lake Ontario by a 10-metre tall concrete wall which runs 50 metres in length. This is one of three plugs around the valley and workers have to slice it into pieces, underwater, before removing it.
In 2021, plants unexpectedly sprouted from soft-stem bulrush seeds that were over 100 years old. Before the Port Lands, the area was a bunch of freshwater marshes.
In 2021, plants unexpectedly sprouted from seeds that survived being bogged down for more than a century.
Thermal remediation was one of two ways workers decontaminated soil, where large batches were subjected to intense heat in custom-made steel boxes that acted like ovens. Bioremediation was the second technique.
Dead trees were planted in the wetlands to replicate a natural system as closely as possible.
Dexter is one of the dogs that helps deter wild birds around the Don River valley.
Ace with handler Rebecca Huskinson.
At times, workers sank knee-high or waist-deep into mud in certain areas where it’s near impossible to tell if it’s solid ground.
The white Atlas Crane located west of Cherry Street bridge is a designated heritage structure.
Workers built an on-site water treatment plant to clean the contaminated groundwater during excavation.
Treated groundwater was later dumped into the lake.