Take a look or listen to some of these cool links related to Lost Rivers
1. Toronto
“Walking with the Invisible” is on from May 23 to May 27. https://scotiabankcontactphoto.com/2022/registration/marzieh-mohammadmiri-walking-with-the-invisible
Artscape Wychwood Barns, Peter MacKendrick Gallery
601 Christie Street, Toronto
This documentary project explores the course of the buried Taddle Creek in today’s Toronto. It encourages looking and listening to what cannot be immediately seen or heard - a lost piece of nature and Indigenous history retrieved through a video and cyanotypes. It explores how humans have reshaped the natural environment of the city and represents a present absence, a spatial memory of a lost landscape. Mohammadmiri’s counter-mapping journey is also their own search for a lost sense of home.
On the last day of the exhibition there will be a talk and walk by Helen Mills, founder of Lost Rivers, followed by a Q and A.
Small’s Creek, “Why a small Urban Wetland Matters at SpruceLab
- https://maisonneuve.org/article/2020/09/17/walking-water/
is a delightful story from Frances Backhouse featuring Lost Rivers in Victoria, Vancouver, Dartmouth, Toronto and some from around the world. You’ll have to pick up Maisonneuve magazine at a bookstore or subscribe to get the whole story though.
- Blog TO
- Video from Centennial Park Etobicoke Creek Walk, on Instagram
- Full videos from Centennial Park Etobicoke Creek Walk, on YouTube.
- Webinar recordings from October 18 walk with John Wilson, on ZOOM.
- Our first podcast: on Facebook or How Public Works with Ilmar Simanovskis, plus look for the podcast from Jose Torcal about his experience with RAINscapeTO.
2. Lost Rivers Around the World
Map and Explore: Hidden Hydrology (by Jason King, Portland) on The Nature of Cities
Branch Hill Pond and River Westbourne (Uncovering the Ceremonial Headwaters of the Branch Hill Pond and the River Westbourne in the UK) on YouTube
Cities Alive: Water for People on ARUP
When Manhattan Was Mannahatta: A Stroll Through the Centuries by the New York Times
- Hidden Hydrology is an incredible website based in Portland and Seattle with a wealth of links and info about Lost Rivers worldwide, including this slightly dated article that covers everything to do with Lost Rivers in Toronto.
Hope to see you soon on a walk 
Media, events and interesting links
In Toronto
Don River Radio Podcasts from Mare Liberum and Evergreen
Episode 3 of Don River Radio features Lost Rivers' own Helen Mills and John Wilson A very worthwhile listen https://anchor.fm/donriverradio/episodes/Episode-3-Rivers-Lost--Rivers-Found-with-Helen-Mills-and-John-Wilson-e1lradv
For more great podcasts in the series, including a chat with Jennifer Bonnell go to https://www.donriverradio.ca/
A Watershed Moment for Green Infrastructure and Daylighting Creeks in Toronto J
On June 16th, 2022, the following motion was adopted for a Planning and Housing Committee item that updated the Official Plan on "historical watercourses".
Congratulations to Michael Harrison creator of the http://lostcreeksofsouthetobicoke.blogspot.com/ for putting this motion forward.
1 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Gord Perks (Carried)
That City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the General Manger, Toronto Water, and the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Executive Director, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, to explore the feasibility of undertaking an assessment of historical watercourses restoration opportunities and report back on the resources required in the third quarter of 2023.
http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2022.PH34.1
- Video from Centennial Park Etobicoke Creek Walk, on Instagram
- Full videos from Centennial Park Etobicoke Creek Walk, on YouTube.
- Webinar recordings from October 18 walk with John Wilson, on ZOOM.
- Our first podcast: on Facebook or How Public Works with Ilmar Simanovskis, plus look for the podcast from Jose Torcal about his experience with RAINscapeTO.
Around the World:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/opinion/hurricane-ida-new-york-city.html
https://www.thenatureofcities.com/2018/05/13/map-explore-hidden-hydrology/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRTpZ1QUJN8
Map and Explore: Hidden Hydrology (by Jason King, Portland) on The Nature of Cities
Branch Hill Pond and River Westbourne (Uncovering the Ceremonial Headwaters of the Branch Hill Pond and the River Westbourne in the UK) on YouTube
Cities Alive: Water for People on ARUP
When Manhattan Was Mannahatta: A Stroll Through the Centuries by the New York Times
- Hidden Hydrology is an incredible website based in Portland and Seattle with a wealth of links and info about Lost Rivers worldwide, including this slightly dated article that covers everything to do with Lost Rivers in Toronto.