Feeding, Fuelling, and Building the Foundations of Toronto: Sources for Exploring Historic Urban Metabolism

Feeding, Fuelling, and Building the Foundations of Toronto: Sources for Exploring Historic Urban Metabolism

This is the eighth post in our Urban and Environmental Dialogues series, published in collaboration with The Metropole. In July 1896, Chicora, Oliver Mowat, and Ann Brown docked at Toronto Harbour. Each had come from a different corner of Lake Ontario bearing food, fuel, and building materials for the city. Chicora made three trips that July, bringing a total of 43 boxes, 47 barrels, and 1,164 baskets (36.7 tons) of fruit from Lewiston, New York…

Feeding, Fueling, and Building the Foundations of Toronto: Sources for Exploring Historic Urban Metabolism

This is the eight and final post in Urban and Environmental Dialogues, our January collaboration with the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE). For other entries in the series, see here. By Andrew Watson In July 1896, Chicora, Oliver Mowat, and Ann Brown docked at Toronto Harbour. Each had come from a different corner of Lake Ontario bearing food, fuel, and building materials for the city. Chicora made three trips that July, bring…