 John Graves Simcoe renamed the Toronto River the Humber after the Humber River in England.When land in the area was surveyed and divided into lots, the area on both side of the Humber River was reserved by the government for timber and Jean Baptiste Rousseau was offered land on the west (Etobicoke) side in what is now the Humber Bay neighbourhood.Rousseau refused to relocate from one side of the river and he left to resettle near Hamilton where he was given land in compensation.