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Financial District In The Months After The Second American Incursion Into York The Defences Around The Harbour Were Significantly Improved As The British Needed To Protect A Four-vessel Squadron That Would Be Stationed At The Town's Harbour On August 6 1814 The American Lake Ontario Squadron Pursued HMS Magnet Before Its Captain Set Fire To The Ship Preventing Its Capture. Suspecting The Ship Sailed From York The American Naval Squadron Made Its Way To The Settlement In Order To Evaluate The Situation And If Any More Ships May Be Captured There Arriving Near York's Harbour The American Squadron Dispatched USS Lady Of The Lake To Negotiate Under A White Flag In A Ploy To Evaluate The Town's Defences However The Militia Stationed At Fort York Opened Fire At The Schooner Who Returned Fire Before Withdrawing To Rejoin The American Squadron The 8th Regiment Of Foot And The 82nd Regiment Of Foot Were Sent To York In An Effort To Bolster The Town's Defences The American Squadron Did Not Attempt To Engage The Newly Built Defences Although They Remained Outside York's Harbour For The Next Three Days Before Sailing Away The Geography Of Toronto Ontario Covers An Area Of 630 Km2 (243 Sq Mi) And Is Bounded By Lake Ontario To The South; Etobicoke Creek Eglinton Avenue And Highway 427 To The West; Steeles Avenue To The North; And The Rouge River And The Scarborough�Pickering Townline To The East In Addition To Etobicoke Creek And The Rouge River The City Is Trisected By Two Minor Rivers And Their Tributaries The Humber River In The West End And The Don River East Of Downtown Both Flow Southward To Lake Ontario At Humber Bay And Toronto Harbour Respectively Which Are Part Of The Longer Waterfront As Well As Etobicoke Creek And The Rouge River The Concentration And Protection Of Toronto's Ravines Allows For Large Tracts Of Densely Forested Valleys With Recreational Trails Within The City Approximately 26�28% Of Toronto Is Covered With Over 10 Million Trees A Fairly High Percentage Within A Large City In North America And There Are Ambitious Proposals To Double The Coverage The Shoreline Of The Former Lake Iroquois Is A Major West-east Geological Feature Which Was Formed At The End Of The Last Glacial Period In The West End Davenport Road Follows The Ancient Shoreline With The Steps To Casa Loma Rising Above And Downtown Skyscrapers Clearly Visible To The Southeast It Merges With The Current Lake Ontario Shoreline At The Scarborough Bluffs Promontory The Toronto Islands Are The Only Group Of Islands Located On The Western Shores Of Lake Ontario And Were Formed From The Erosion Of The Scarborough Bluffs The Toronto Islands Were Originally A Sand Spit Until A Major Storm Separated Them From The Mainland During The 19th Century Toronto's Immediate Neighbours Are Mississauga And Brampton Within The Regional Municipality Of Peel Vaughan And Markham Within The Regional Municipality Of York And Pickering Within The Regional Municipality Of Durham The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Includes The Regional Municipalities Of Halton Peel York And Durham The GTA Is Part Of A Larger Natural Ecosystem Known As The Greater Toronto Bioregion This Ecosystem Is Bounded By Lake Ontario The Niagara Escarpment And The Oak Ridges Moraine And Includes Many Watersheds That Drain Into Lake Ontario Some Parts Of Toronto Such As High Park And The Lower Humber River Are Located In The Northernmost Parts Of The Carolinian Forest Zone Found In North America In March 2005 The Government Of Ontario Unveiled The Boundaries Of A Greenbelt Around The Greater Toronto Area A 7,200 Km2 (2,800 Sq Mi) Area Stretching From Niagara Falls To Peterborough The Green Belt Is Designed To Curb Urban Sprawl And To Preserve Valuable Natural Areas And Farmland Surrounding The City However Some Types Of Development Including Detached Single Residential Quarries And Commercial Facilities Continue To Get Approved Exerting Pressure And Population Growth On The Greenbelt Toronto Is Among The Latest In A Line Of Cities That Have Implemented Growth Boundaries Of Some Kind As A Method Of Restricting Urban Growth Including Ottawa; Portland Oregon; Frankfurt; Melbourne; Seoul And London Contents