Nature's Past Episode 001: The Environmental History of the Don River

Date

2008-12-10

Authors

Kheraj, Sean

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Publisher

Network in Canadian History and Environment

Abstract

On this pilot episode of the show, we introduce listeners to the study environmental history by speaking with Jennifer Bonnell, a graduate student at the University of Toronto who is researching the history of Toronto’s Don River. Jennifer’s research spans the long history of the Don River and its place in the social and environmental history of the city. From nineteenth-century grist mills to Depression-era hobo jungles to Hurricane Hazel in 1954, we find out more about this river valley on Toronto’s eastside.

Also, we speak with Adam Crymble, the website administrator for the Network in Canadian History & Environment, about web resources for environmental history at niche-canada.org.

Description

On this pilot episode of the show, we introduce listeners to the study environmental history by speaking with Jennifer Bonnell, a graduate student at the University of Toronto who is researching the history of Toronto’s Don River. Jennifer’s research spans the long history of the Don River and its place in the social and environmental history of the city. From nineteenth-century grist mills to Depression-era hobo jungles to Hurricane Hazel in 1954, we find out more about this river valley on Toronto’s eastside. Also, we speak with Adam Crymble, the website administrator for the Network in Canadian History & Environment, about web resources for environmental history at niche-canada.org. Works Cited: Nash, Roderick. Wilderness and the American Mind. 4th ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. Worster, Donald, ed. The Ends of the Earth: Perspectives on Modern Environmental History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Crosby, Alfred W. “The Past and Present of Environmental History.” American Historical Review 100 (1995): 1177-89. Music Credits: “Revolve” by hisboyelroy “Yage Cameras (hbe’s fractured rework)” by hisboyelroy Other Contributor(s): Jennifer Bonnell Adam Crymble

Keywords

environmental history, podcast, Don River, Toronto

Citation

“Episode 1: The Environmental History of the Don River.” Nature’s Past. 10 December 2008