Humber River
| Humber River | ||
 The Humber Bay Arch Bridge is located at the mouth of the Humber and Lake Ontario |
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| Data | ||
| location | Ontario (Canada) | |
| River system | Saint Lawrence River | |
| Drain over | Saint Lawrence River → Atlantic | |
| muzzle | in Toronto in Lake Ontario Coordinates: 43 ° 37 ′ 53 ″ N , 79 ° 28 ′ 16 ″ W 43 ° 37 ′ 53 ″ N , 79 ° 28 ′ 16 ″ W
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| length | 100 km | |
| Catchment area | 908 km² | |
| Big cities | Toronto | |
The Humber River is a 100 km long river in the Canadian Ontario .
It rises in the area of the Oak Ridges Moraine in the municipality of Mono and flows into Lake Ontario in the urban area of Toronto . Humber Bay, named after the river, is located at the mouth . The river also flows through the cities of Caledon , Brampton and Vaughan , the headwaters of the East Humber River has its source in Temperanceville (City of Richmond Hill ) and flows through the city of King . The tributaries of the Humber are the Humber Creek, Black Creek, Salt Creek, Rainbow Creek, Wilcox Lake, and Claireville Lake. It has a catchment area of 908 km². There is now a green bike and footpath along the river that leads to Toronto's Harbourfront .
Between 10,000 and 7,000 BC people have already settled on the Humber . The first settlers were the Palaeo Indians. In a second wave of colonization between 7000 and 1000 BC, the river settled seasonally. In the third settlement period, the river was used as a link between Lake Simcoe and Lake Ontario. The first European settler on the Humber was Étienne Brûlé .