Quality In Our Backyards
in Erin Mills South
Save our Shops and Services at 4099 Erin Mills Parkway
Save Our Shops & Sevices: Our Bank, Our Grocery Store, Our Ice Cream Shoppe, Our Hair Salon, Our Vet, Our Pharmacy, Our Pizza Shop, Our Bakery, Our Pasta Shop, Our Dentist, Our Medical Centre, .... Erin Mills was carefully planned 50 years ago to have walkable amenities: shops and services for each of the neighbourhoods (outlined in yellow in image from "Erin Mills New Town")
Where is Sawmill Creek?
We walk along segments of Sawmill Creek but where does it come from and where does it go?
The image below is of “natural features” from Erin Mills New Town, April 1969, p. 1.4. Please note the three branches of Sawmill Creek north of Burnhamthorpe and south of hydro, oil pipeline, Hwy 403.
The image below is an aerial photo, circa 1969, of the area that was to become Erin Mills, from Erin Mills New Town, April 1969. Please note the original fairly straight Burnhamthorpe Rd. running east-west. Fifth Line (later Erin Mills Parkway) only went as far north as Burnhamthorpe Rd. where it stopped at the Dunn Farm including the future 4099 Erin Mills Parkway. Fifth Line continued north starting at Base Line (now Eglinton). I have drawn in a pencil line to show approximately the new Parkway between Burnhamthorpe and Eglinton, that joined the two parts of Fifth Line.
Below see an "existing land use", circa 1969, chart from Erin Mills New Town at 1.5. Notice the three parts of Sawmill Creek north of Burnhamthorpe.
There are very good diagrams of the existing, much reduced, Sawmill Creek at the Region of Peel web site. See https://www.peelregion.ca/waterstory/#module2
The image below shows the existing westernmost and centre branch of Sawmill Creek from Folkway Drive to Dundas Street where it connects with the Credit River.
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The easternmost branch of Sawmill Creek north of Burnhamthorpe is buried (in a drain under Sawmill Valley Drive). See the close up image below of Erin Mills South north of Burnhamthorpe, taken fro the Region of Peel web site. Note that the westernmost and centre branches of the Creek, as it exists now, do not extend north of Folkway Drive. But where does all that water come from north of Folkway?
A lot of Sawmill Creek has been replaced by drains, what the Region calls "Wastewater Main Greater Than 600".
The image below from the Region of Peel site shows the waste water system in Olde Burnhamthorpe that replaces the easternmost branch of Sawmill Creek. The easternmost branch of Sawmill Creek north of Burnhamthorpe is buried (in a drain under Sawmill Valley Drive. South of Burnhamthorpe it joins the other branches of the Creek.
The image below from the Region of Peel site shows the waste water system in Arbour Green that combines with the drain under the centre branch of Sawmill Creek. Where does the surface water in Sawmill Creek come from? We know that there are drains under the creek. But where does the water come from below Folkway Drive?
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See also:
https://goo.gl/maps/naKBeoDSzJmmtt8c8 (Sawmill Valley Drive north of Burnhamthorpe)
and
https://www.mississauga.ca/events-and-attractions/parks/sawmill-creek/
The centre branch and westernmost branches of the Creek form ravines and walking trails.
https://localwiki.org/mississauga/West_Sawmill_Creek
4099 Erin Mills Parkway is at Folkway Drive between the easternmost branch (buried) and the centre/westernmost branch.
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Above see a number of links that help sort out the various parts of Sawmill Creek.