Main entry:

Burley, Robert, 1957- photographer.

Title & Author:

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.

Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : ECW Press, [2017]

Description:

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

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 261).
Foreword / by mayor John Tory -- Introduction / by Janie Romoff & Jennifer Keesmaaat -- Going there to be there / by Robert 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 -- Appendix. Toronto's natural parklands / by Jane Weninger.
Text in English.

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."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781770413795
1770413790
9781773050393 (pdf)
1773050397 (pdf)
(epub)
9781773050386

Subject:

Urban parks Ontario Toronto.
Urban parks Ontario Toronto Pictorial works.
Wilderness areas Ontario Toronto.
Wilderness areas Ontario Toronto Pictorial works.
Parcs urbains Ontario Toronto.
Parcs urbains Ontario Toronto Ouvrages illustrés.
Réserves de la vie sauvage Ontario Toronto.
Réserves de la vie sauvage Ontario Toronto Ouvrages illustrés.
Urban parks
Wilderness areas
Toronto (Ont.) Pictorial works.
Toronto (Ont.) Ouvrages illustrés.
Ontario Toronto

Form/genre:

Illustrated works

Added entries:

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

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 295612
Call No.: BIB 241926
Status: Available