Grenadier Pond

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Fishermen in Grenadier pond, July 1939.

Grenadier Pond is a 35 acre pond in Toronto, Ontario, at the western border of High Park.[1][2][3] It is fed by Wendigo Creek. Two the east is a ridge that once formed the boundary to the former city of Swansea, Ontario. Swansea also has some smaller ponds. These ponds were originally bays, whose mouths were closed by sand eroded from the Scarborough bluffs, the same sand that formed the Toronto Islands.

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  1. Edward Brown. Toronto Urban Legends: A High Park Imponderable, Torontoist, 2012-10-31. Retrieved on 2019-03-27. “The 35-acre pond is a one-of-a-kind geological feature in Toronto. Wave action on Lake Ontario combined with sediments that washed down Wendigo Creek accumulated over the ages at the creek’s mouth, eventually blocking the watercourse and creating Grenadier Pond behind it.”
  2. Wayne Reeves, Christina Palassio (2008-10-01). HTO: Toronto's water from Lake Iroquois to lost rivers to low-flow toilets. Coach House Press. ISBN 978-1-55245-208-0. Retrieved on 2011-12-29. 
  3. High Park Surface Water Features - Narrative, City of Toronto, February 2018. Retrieved on 2023-12-20.