Hope someone brings their Wellies tomorrow.

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MetroMan said:
Bummer. I was kind of hoping they’d find an ancient burial ground and have to abandon the project in favour of a park.
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The area is 20th century fill - not much of a chance of that happening unless the area was previous land that got flooded (and my understanding is that ancient Lake Ontario levels are higher than they are now).

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AlvinofDiaspar said:
The area is 20th century fill - not much of a chance of that happening unless the area was previous land that got flooded (and my understanding is that ancient Lake Ontario levels are higher than they are now).

AoD
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There was a geological period where Lake Ontario's shorelines were about 20m lower than before, which has referred to as Lake Admiralty.

Which also led to this:
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The 11,000 year-old footprints at the bottom of Lake Ontario - Spacing Toronto

During the last ice age, a really, really, really, really big glacier covered pretty much all of Canada and the northern United States, including the Toronto area. When the ice age ended, about 12,500 years ago, the ice sheet gradually melted, receding north until it became nothing more than the...
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When Waterfront Toronto were having their naming competition for a new street lining the lake, I submitted "Admiralty" as a name, to pay homage to the old receded shoreline of the Lake. They went with Merchant's Wharf instead. Perhaps I will try again when the next opportunity arises, probably in the Portlands.
 
Taken May 24, 2019:
Below: The east pit
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The west pit (looking north to Daniels Waterfront development)
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The west pit (looking southeast)
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Looking south
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Looking southwest at Redpath ship dock
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I couldn't resist including this photo of the lake freighter docked next to Sugar Beach and adjacent to Corus and the future Innovation Centre
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