The north end of the stream begins near Glenview Senior Public School.

The start of the stream is fed by local sewers and nearby springs.

[3] The Havergal Stream then proceeds to meet the North Toronto Storm Trunk Sewer at the edge of the school property.

[3] Havergal Stream used to start under the intersection of Old Orchard Grove and Barse Street by the Baycrest Hospital.

The stream then went to where the current North Toronto Storm Trunk Sewer is and then met the Burke Brook a little east of there.

Like other sewers build at that time, it was intended to help reduce sewage along the planned route for the Spadina Expressway.

The North Toronto Storm Trunk Sewer meets the Burke Brooke where it starts near Glenview Senior Public School[4] The Burke Brook used to have a total of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) of tributary streams.

The stream followed a course running just east of Blythdale Road almost parallel until it met Burke Brook.

The Lawrence Park Stream started by Wilson Avenue and Avenue Road, then headed to the point where it met the McDougall Stream, then it continued to the east side of Yonge Street to meet the Burke Brook near Yonge Street and Saint Edmunds Drive.

It is home to the Sunnybrook Stables, dog parks, and many sport fields.

The main attraction of the park is the song The Maple Leaf Forever, a patriotic song about Canada,[10] by Alexander Muir, printed on a stone wall with stairs connected to the fields and gardens of the park.

Burke Brooke runs in underground pipes through the entirety of the park.