The waters of Lake Ontario can turn violent in an instant. For three generations, my family has had a cottage on Presqu’ile Point, a spit of land that hooks out … Continued
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If you take a stroll along Toronto’s Queen’s Quay waterfront on a Sunday afternoon, you may notice a unique array of vessels and what appear to be toys on the … Continued
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While in search of the Rapid City—a schooner that was shipwrecked in 1917—divers instead discovered a much older vessel that could potentially predate the century-old wreck by 50 years. The … Continued
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By Mia Litzenberg
Climate change is creating new challenges for Great Lakes coastal communities. To tackle these hazards, the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority launched the Lake Ontario Coastal Resilience Pilot Project last summer. Over the next four years, the project aims to engage communities in developing a coastal resilience plan.
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