Taylor-Massey Creek (Don)
| Taylor-Massey Creek | |
| River | |
 Taylor-Massey Creek in Warden Woods Park, Scarborough
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| Country | Canada |
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| Province | Ontario |
| Municipality | Toronto |
| Source | Culvert in Terraview Willowfield Park |
| - elevation | 169 m (554 ft) |
| - coordinates | 43°46′00″N 79°18′47″W / 43.76667°N 79.31306°W |
| Mouth | Don River east branch |
| - elevation | 86 m (282 ft) |
| - coordinates | 43°42′12″N 79°19′59″W / 43.70333°N 79.33306°WCoordinates: 43°42′12″N 79°19′59″W / 43.70333°N 79.33306°W |
| Length | 16 km (10 mi) |
Taylor-Massey Creek is a tributary of the Don River in Toronto, Ontario. It flows through Scarborough and East York, where it enters the Don River. The creek is named after two prominent Toronto families. The Taylors were a wealthy family that owned and operated the Don Valley Brick Works. The Massey family were the owners of the Canadian farm equipment manufacturing company, Massey-Ferguson. Both families owned sizable estates in the vicinity of the creek. The Goulding Estate, a heritage property on Dawes Road was part of the Massey estate. Taylor-Massey Creek has also been called Silver Creek and Scarboro Creek.
Taylor-Massey Creek is 16 kilometres long. Its headwaters are near Sheppard and Victoria Park Avenues. It flowed diagonally through Wishing Well Park and under Highway 401 at Pharmacy Avenue. The original headwaters were diverted to Highland Creek when the highway was widened to 12 lanes, so the creek now starts at a stormwater outfall just south of the highway.
The creek starts in Terraview Willowfield Park, a restoration project, named after a nearby public school. It flows through two medium-sized ponds with naturalized channels. From there it flows southeast through a series of concrete lined channels and drains. This section runs along an abandoned hydro right-of-way before entering a residential and industrial section that is closed to public access.
South of Eglinton Avenue East it enters a shallow ravine and flows south passing through Pine Hills Cemetery. It exits the cemetery travelling west and enters a small park on St. Clair Avenue East. At Warden Avenue it turns southwest, moving through a park called Warden Woods. West of Pharmacy Avenue it enters a city run golf course. At Victoria Park Avenue it enters Taylor Creek Park and continues uninterrupted to where it empties into the Don River East Branch, just north of the forks of the Don.
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