Wood, Patricia BurkeMcCarthy, Thomas Crawford2022-03-032022-03-032021-122022-03-03http://hdl.handle.net/10315/39125This thesis focuses on Lake Ontario and seeks to identify the different ways that people have related to it throughout time, starting with a frank discussion of the present state of the lake and the social conditions which surround it. The history of the region is reviewed to form a critical historical geographic survey of the watershed and cast light on how people have related to Lake Ontario throughout time. A literary review explores how artists and authors have used and represented the Lake, noting common themes and motifs. Lastly, I describe my personal fieldwork and observations to provide a contemporary perspective. From this, a few cautious anticipatory inferences are drawn to conclude this review of human relations with Lake Ontario in the throes of an indeterminate and daunting future.Author owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.Modern literatureElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2022-03-03Lake OntarioOntarioCanadaWaterEnergyLakeLacustrineHistoryCanadian historyHaudenosaunee historyIroquoisAnishinaabe historyAmerican historyOntario historyNew York historyLiteratureLiterary geographyEconomic geographyCultural geographyHistorical geographyCritical human geographyHuman geographyMilitary historyWater policyWater rightsNuclear powerPipelinesWater politicsClimate changeAdaptationMitigationMigration