Keating Channel
The Keating Channel is a 1,000-metre long waterway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It connects the Don River to inner Toronto Harbour on Lake Ontario. The channel is named after Edward Henry Keating, a city engineer who proposed the creation of the channel in 1893.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Maury Markowitz, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ookwemin Minising and Corktown Common.
Ookwemin Minising
Island
Photo: booledozer, CC0.
Ookwemin Minising is a 39.6 hectares artificial island in Toronto's Port Lands. It is bordered by the Keating Channel to the north, the Don River to the east and south, and Toronto Harbour to the west.
Corktown Common
Park
Corktown Common is a park in the south eastern portion of the West Don Lands neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada which opened in 2013. It borders the Don River to the east.
Cherry Street Hotel
Historic building
Photo: Rick Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Cherry Street Hotel is an 1859 heritage building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeast corner of Front Street and Cherry Street, in the West Don Lands neighbourhood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canary District and Port Lands.
Canary District
Neighborhood
The Canary District is a planned neighbourhood in Toronto's West Don Lands mixed-use development. The area was formerly industrial land, cut off from the city by an elevated roadway and two rail corridors, sitting in a floodplain.
Port Lands
Neighborhood
Photo: SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Port Lands of Toronto, Ontario, Canada are an industrial and recreational neighbourhood located about 5 kilometres south-east of downtown, located on the former Don River delta and most of Ashbridge's Bay.
Distillery District
Neighborhood
Photo: Mathew Ingram, CC BY 2.0.
The Distillery District is a commercial and residential district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located east of downtown. It contains numerous cafés, restaurants, and shops housed within heritage buildings of the former Gooderham and Worts Distillery.
Keating Channel
- Type: Channel
- Description: channel in Ontario, Canada
- Categories: channel, shipping channel, and body of water
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Keating Channel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Keating Channel” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Keating Channel”
- Chinese: “基廷水渠”
- Chinese: “基廷水道”
- Chinese: “基廷運河”
- Persian: “کانال کیتینگ”
- Swedish: “Keating Channel”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Corktown and Trefann Court.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Don River and Turning Basin.
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