Research Catalog

Title

An enduring wilderness : Toronto's natural parklands / photographs by Robert Burley ; with writing by Anne Michaels, Michael Mitchell, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Alissa York, George Elliott Clarke, Wayne Reeves.

Author

Burley, Robert, 1957-

Publication

Toronto, Ontario : ECW Press, [2017]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Michaels, Anne, 1958-
• Mitchell, Michael, 1943-
• York, Alissa
• Clarke, George Elliott
• Reeves, Wayne, 1959-
• Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake, 1971-

Description

264 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color); 24 x 32 cm

Summary

"Featuring tributes from award-winning writers in a city sometimes referred to as "The Big Smoke," Toronto's extensive network of sunken rivers, forested vales, and expansive shoreline has been too often overlooked, neglected, or forgotten. However, the last 25 years has seen these distinctive landscapes rediscovered and even embraced as great civic spaces. Commissioned by the City of Toronto to chronicle the wonders of these wilderness parks, renowned photographer Robert Burley looks at these sites as integral parts of urban life, from breathtaking lake views of the Scarborough Bluffs to glimpses of the densely wooded trails in the Carolinian forests of Rouge Park, Canada's first and only urban national park. Burley's photos are augmented with selections of poetry and prose by some of Toronto's best-known writers, including Anne Michaels, George Elliott Clarke, Alissa York, and Michael Mitchell. A historical essay and an appendix highlight the history, the biodiversity, and the priceless cultural value of these urban parklands. Though confined to the city limits, An Enduring Wilderness is full of surprising ecological and urban discoveries that know no limits themselves."--

Subject

• Urban parks > Ontario > Toronto
• Urban parks > Ontario > Toronto > Pictorial works
• Wilderness areas > Ontario > Toronto
• Wilderness areas > Ontario > Toronto > Pictorial works
• Urban parks
• Wilderness areas
• Toronto (Ont.) > Pictorial works
• Ontario > Toronto

Genre/Form

Pictorial works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 261).

Language (note)

• Text in English.

Contents

Foreword / by mayor John Tory -- Introduction / by Janie Romoff & Jennifer Keesmaaat -- Going there to be there / by Rober Burley -- Toronto's Natural parklands -- Shoreline : the Lake Ontario waterfront -- Please, birds / Anne Michaels -- River : the Humber River Valley -- Petting the bunny / Michael Mitchell -- Creeks and lost rivers -- Life by water / Leanne Betasamosake Simpson -- Valley : the Don River Valley -- The animal part / Alissa York -- Forest : the Rouge River Valley & Highland Creek -- Navigating the Rouge (Park[s]) / George Elliott Clarke -- Imagining, creating, and sustaining Toronto's natural parklands : a short history / by Wayne Reeves.

Call Number

JFG 17-334

ISBN

• 9781770413795
• 1770413790

LCCN

2017392042

OCLC

958351541

Author

Burley, Robert, 1957- photographer.

Title

An enduring wilderness : Toronto's natural parklands / photographs by Robert Burley ; with writing by Anne Michaels, Michael Mitchell, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Alissa York, George Elliott Clarke, Wayne Reeves.

Publisher

Toronto, Ontario : ECW Press, [2017]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 261).

Language

Text in English.

Added Author

Michaels, Anne, 1958- contributor.

Mitchell, Michael, 1943- contributor.

York, Alissa, contributor.

Clarke, George Elliott, contributor.

Reeves, Wayne, 1959- contributor.

Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake, 1971- contributor.

Other Form:

Burley, Robert, 1957-, photographer. Enduring wilderness. (CaOONL)2016906414X

Research Call Number

JFG 17-334