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The Lost Rivers Project has mapped the streams and waterways buried by urban development in Toronto. It's all about a way of understanding the city in a new framework, that of urban ecosystems and watersheds. https://lostrivers.ca

It's never been more important to learn about your greater watershed and local waterways, especially those buried or forced into narrow channels with no natural flood protection around them.

MamãBear@alsolearning.bsky.social · 11h ago

This is going to be every urban area, as the effects of (human-caused) #ClimateChange — floods & other extreme weather — batter unprepared cities. What are the climate mitigation strategies, & who pays?

New walk! Join us in an exploration of the natural & human history surrounding the course of Rennie Creek, a modest but inspiring waterway in the Swansea neighbourhood of Toronto. We will follow its mostly hidden course from south of Bloor Street down to the lake... www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-lost-riv...

A Lost Rivers exploration of Rennie Creek

Come on an adventure walk to explore the natural and human history surrounding the course of Rennie Creek, a modest but inspiring waterway

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"Years later, the work continues... They've placed logs & branches in the stream to moderate the water's flow and allow sediment in the water to filter it as they would in any natural waterway so that ultimately the water is leaving Havergal cleaner than when it entered." www.cbc.ca/news/science...

School uncovers buried stream, transforms its schoolyard | CBC News

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we learn what happened after a Toronto school 'daylighted' a buried creek through its schoolyard, take a look at a highrise in Halifax that set a ne...

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A fascinating look at how we got here, where the water runs, and how climate change is forcing us to reckon with that history. "Canada’s three largest cities have something in common — they’re not just built along bodies of water, they’re built over them." newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...

Discover where ancient rivers flow under Canadian cities | CBC News

Ancient rivers once nourished and protected the lands where we built our biggest cities. Now, they’re buried underground. Is it finally time to let them see daylight?

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