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Shoreline Habitat Enhancement at Spadina
Quay Parklands is an area of great interest to many conservationists
and city planners. Toronto Bay at one time supported a broad
variety of fish and wildlife habitat. Over time, these habitats
have changed due to the many pressures of a growing city,
and major port developments.
The north shore of the inner harbour is
a series of existing lakefill embayments bordered by vertical
seawalls and a deeply dredged nearshore area. The existing
conditions are not conducive to productive fish and wildlife
habitat, with the exception of the Spadina Marina.
The Spadina Marina has provided a degree
of protection from the harsh waves of the inner Harbour.
This protected environment allows for the development of
extensive submerged aquatic macrophytes and a resident fish
community.
The Spadina Quay Parklands are the latest addition to the
City of Toronto's 40 acre Harbourfront Parks System. The
City is proposing shoreline habitat enhancement along the
parklands bordered by the Marina to the south and Spadina
Quay to the east. The proposal will potentially transform
a barren parking lot into a diverse and ecologically stable
wetland that provides a variety of terrestrial and aquatic
plant communities.
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Ontario
