Etobicoke Creek
| Etobicoke Creek | |
| River | |
 Looking north up Etobicoke Creek from Lake Shore Boulevard
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| Name origin: from the Mississauga word wah-do-be-kang (wadoopikaang) | |
| Country | Canada |
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| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Greater Toronto Area |
| Municipalities | Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Spring Creek, Little Etobicoke Creek |
| Source | |
| - location | Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel |
| - elevation | 300 m (984 ft) |
| - coordinates | 43°47′19″N 79°53′39″W / 43.78861°N 79.89417°W |
| Mouth | Lake Ontario |
| - location | Marie Curtis Park, Toronto |
| - elevation | 74 m (243 ft) |
| - coordinates | 43°35′05″N 79°32′28″W / 43.58472°N 79.54111°WCoordinates: 43°35′05″N 79°32′28″W / 43.58472°N 79.54111°W |
| Length | 61 km (38 mi) |
| Basin | 211 km2 (81 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 0.5 m3/s (18 cu ft/s) |
  Location of the mouth of the Etobicoke Creek in Toronto
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Etobicoke Creek 
i/ɛˈtoʊbᵻkoʊ/ is a river in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. It is a tributary of Lake Ontario and runs from Caledon to southern Etobicoke, part of the City of Toronto. The creek is within the jurisdiction of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
The name "Etobicoke" was derived from the Mississauga word wah-do-be-kang (wadoopikaang), meaning "place where the alders grow", which was used to describe the area between Etobicoke Creek and the Humber River. The first provincial land surveyor, Augustus Jones, also spelled it as "ato-be-coake". Etobicoke was adopted as the official name of the township (later city, now part of the city of Toronto) in 1795 on the direction of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe. The name for the creek officially was adopted by the Geographical Names Board of Canada on November 18, 1962, though it existed far earlier.
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