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Examines Toronto's early settlement along the shores of Lake Ontario during the first half of the nineteenth century so as to define the nature of the early relationships between the city and its waterfront. These relationships are evaluated and compared to conditions which evolved along the central waterfront, as the process of lakefill continued into the twentieth century, in an effort to understand how the successive filling-in of the lake has altered these early relationships between the city and its waterfront. It concludes by identifying the challenges which must be met if it is to be ensured that the necessary physical linkages are established and that new and fundamentally different relationships between the city and its waterfront evolve.

The Harbour Commissioners' plan of 1912 can be seen as a major step in municipal enterprise, but paradoxically near the end point of the strongest era of promoting municipal action ever experienced in Toronto. This document considers why, at the end of the period of rapid growth, the commissioners put manufacturing as the centrepiece of the 1912 plan, and specifically what kinds of industry they expected, or in current parlance, what was their industrial strategy. It also explains why the expectations of the commissioners and the city were not fulfilled.

Proceedings of "River Basin Management: Canadian Experiences", a national symposium held in Kitchener, Ontario, October 4-7, 1981. Focuses on strategic issues associated with river basin management in Canada. Covers management problems, alternative solutions, implementing selected plans, and monitoring implemented activities.