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Leslie Street Spit, the Glossary

The Leslie Street Spit, or officially the Outer Harbour East Headland, is a human-made headland in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, extending from the city's east end in a roughly southwesterly direction into Lake Ontario.^[1]

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Breakwaters
Headlands of Canada
Important Bird Areas of Ontario
Landfills in Canada
Redeveloped ports and waterfronts in Toronto
Tourist attractions in Toronto

American herring gull

The American herring gull or Smithsonian gull (Larus smithsonianus or Larus argentatus smithsonianus) is a large gull that breeds in North America, where it is treated by the American Ornithological Society as a subspecies of herring gull (L. argentatus).

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Bay

A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay.

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BirdLife International

BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.

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Birds Canada

Birds Canada (formerly Bird Studies Canada) is Canada's national bird conservation organization.

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Black-crowned night heron

The black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), or black-capped night-heron, commonly shortened to just night-heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, including parts of Europe, Asia, and North and South America.

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Boating

Boating is the leisurely activity of travelling by boat, or the recreational use of a boat whether powerboats, sailboats, or man-powered vessels (such as rowing and paddle boats), focused on the travel itself, as well as sports activities, such as fishing or waterskiing.

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Breakwater (structure)

A breakwater is a permanent structure constructed at a coastal area to protect against tides, currents, waves, and storm surges. Leslie Street Spit and breakwater (structure) are breakwaters.

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Caspian tern

The Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution.

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Common tern

The common tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird in the family Laridae.

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Construction waste

Construction waste or debris is any kind of debris from the construction process.

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Containerization

Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers, or ISO containers).

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Double-crested cormorant

The double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) is a member of the cormorant family of water birds.

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Dredging

Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment.

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Environmentally sensitive area

An environmentally sensitive area (ESA) is a type of designation for an agricultural area which needs special protection because of its landscape, wildlife or historical value.

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Great Lakes

The Great Lakes (Grands Lacs), also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the east-central interior of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.

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Headland

A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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Keating Channel

The Keating Channel is a long waterway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.

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Leslie Spit Treeo

Leslie Spit Treeo were a Canadian folk-rock band in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Leslie Street

Leslie Street is a north-south route in Toronto and York Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.

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Marsh

In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants.

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Nature Canada

Nature Canada is a member-based environmental organization headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario.

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Ontario Place

Ontario Place is an entertainment venue, event venue, and park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Leslie Street Spit and Ontario Place are Redeveloped ports and waterfronts in Toronto and Tourist attractions in Toronto.

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Pedestrian zone

Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, as pedestrian precincts in British English, and as pedestrian malls in the United States and Australia) are areas of a city or town restricted to use by people on foot or human-powered transport such as bicycles, with non-emergency motor traffic not allowed.

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Port Lands

The Port Lands (also known as Portlands) of Toronto, Ontario, Canada are an industrial and recreational neighbourhood located about 5 kilometres south-east of downtown, located on the former Don River delta and most of Ashbridge's Bay. Leslie Street Spit and Port Lands are Redeveloped ports and waterfronts in Toronto.

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PortsToronto

The Toronto Port Authority (TPA), doing business as PortsToronto (PT), is a port authority that is responsible for the management of the Port of Toronto, including the International Marine Passenger Terminal, and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.

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Ring-billed gull

The ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis) is a medium-sized gull.

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Spit (landform)

A spit or sandspit is a deposition bar or beach landform off coasts or lake shores.

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St. Lawrence Seaway

The St.

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Tommy Thompson (parks commissioner)

Thomas William Thompson (1913–1985) is best known as Metropolitan Toronto's first Commissioner of Parks (from 1955 until 1981).

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) is a conservation authority in southern Ontario, Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Street_Spit

Also known as Leslie Spit, Outer Harbour East Headland, Tommy Thompson Park, Vicki Keith Point.

Leslie Street Spit, the Glossary

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See also

Breakwaters

Headlands of Canada

Important Bird Areas of Ontario

Landfills in Canada

Redeveloped ports and waterfronts in Toronto

Tourist attractions in Toronto

References