RESEARCH & FIELD NOTES

A place for project documentation, posts and contributions by collaborating artists and organizers in Toronto, and ongoing research by the Mare Liberum collective into the past and future of the Don River.

Mare Liberum - About Mr. River, a Collaboration with Shannon Gerard's OCAD U 2022 Summer Research Seminar. Video shot and edited by research assistant Holly Chang.

Don River Radio - Reading List and Resources

History of the Don River Valley:

• Jennifer Bonnell, Toronto’s Underworld: the Don River Valley as a “Repository for Undesirables,” Don River Valley Historical Mapping Project, University of Toronto. (PDF)

• Jennifer Bonnell, Tracing the Social and Environmental History of the Don River, Don River Valley Historical Mapping Project, University of Toronto. (PDF)

City of Toronto:

• Lower Don Lands Framework Plan (2012) (PDF)

• Draft Biodiversity Study (PDF)

Toronto Region Conservation Authority Reports on the Lower Don:

• TRCA Current Conditions

• Don River Watershed Plan Cultural Heritage – Report on Current Conditions, 2009 (PDF)

• Don River Watershed Plan Geology and Groundwater Resources – Report on Current Conditions, 2009 (PDF)

• Don River Watershed Plan Land and Resource Use – Report on Current Conditions, 2009 (PDF)

• Don River Watershed Plan Terrestrial Natural Heritage – Report on Current Conditions and Refinement of a Target System, 2009 (PDF)

First Story – Indigenous Stories of the Land:

• First Story audio recorded tours of the Lower Don (PDF)

Lost Rivers:

• http://www.lostrivers.ca/content/centralkey.html

• The Ravines Reach of the Don River, Lost Rivers.

Toronto Field Naturalists:

• Toronto Field Naturalists, Ravine Survey Study Number Eight, West Don River Valley, 1974-78, By Diana Banville and Linda Cardini. (PDF)

Dump Zones:

• A little narrative background on dumping on the Don

• Maps #5 and #6 show the location of the dump zones in this long report.

Toronto Region and Conservation Authority Maps of the Watershed:

• https://trca.ca/conservation/watershed-management/

• https://trca.ca/conservation/greenspace-management/water-balance/