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The lives of Lake Ontario : an environmental history / Daniel Macfarlane.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Macfarlane, Daniel, 1979- author.
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series ; 17.
- McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series ; 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental degradation.
- Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.)--Environmental conditions.
- Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.).
- Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.)--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 268 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- Lake Ontario has materially enabled and enriched the societies that have crowded its edges, from fertile agriculture landscapes to energy production systems to sprawling cities. *The Lives of Lake Ontario *examines the myriad ways Canada and the United States have used and abused this remarkably resilient and uniquely vulnerable resource.
- Contents:
- Glaciers and Empires
- Settlers and Ecologies
- Canals and Ships
- Cities and Growth
- Energy and Megaprojects
- Fisheries and Invasives
- Pollution and Protection
- Levels and Regulation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-2280-2224-X
- 0-2280-2304-1
- OCLC:
- 1420462913
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