The Etobicoke River: Contemporary appreciation (part 7)

Three deaths and millions of dollars in damage later, the Etobicoke River was diverted, no longer flowing through Downtown Brampton. Costing $1 million at the time, roughly $7.9 million with inflation, the diversion was paid for in full by 1973, nineteen years after being finished, but a full one hundred years after being approved by the province. While it’s doubtful you could catch a pan fish or trout, the dedicated nature lover can still spot a muskrat. Take a walk from the Brampton Mall, on Nanwood and Main, to Osler’s Peel Memorial Hospital, and appreciate the beauty of Brampton’s waterway.