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CANADA 150 - Ontario - Clay
![ROM Accession: 923.42.* Detail of ceramic vessels on shelf](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/img_1985.jpg?itok=W2WStoc0)
Trees for Toronto - Our Urban Forest
![evening sunlight streams through the leaves and branches of the trees in Queen's Park, the original home of the Trees for Toronto project. Photo by Rhi More evening sunlight streams through the leaves and branches of the trees in Queen's Park, casting shadows on the green grass. Photo by Rhi More](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/photo_9_rhimore_treesfortoronto-2.jpg?itok=RQm0ZAiL)
Guest blog by Environmental Visual Communication student Rhi More
Bringing more attention to trees is what the Royal Ontario Museum had in mind when its botanists and Creative Department partnered with the City of Toronto Urban Forester’s Office to create Trees for Toronto in 2004. EVC Student Rhi More decided to check out this ‘urban arboretum’ for herself, and share the findings with our readers.
The TRCA Calls Upon Batman for Help
![Dr. Burton Lim (left) and ROM Biodiversity's Nicole Richards (right) walk along the Scarborough Bluffs waterfront en route to one of the three bat detectors. Photo by Filip Szafirowski Dr. Burton Lim (left) and ROM Biodiversity's Nicole Richards (right) walk along the Scarborough Bluffs waterfront en route to one of the three bat detectors. Photo by Filip Szafirowski](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/filip_szafirowski_bats_burton_bluffs-2016_3.jpg?itok=UGHsclgN)
It’s been a hot summer, the sun is shining and the Scarborough Bluffs are standing tall above the Lake Ontario shoreline. But they might not be for long. The Scarborough Bluffs in Toronto’s east end are eroding at a rapid rate, increasing the likelihood of slope failure and damage to local species’ habitats. Although the cliffs have been eroding since the 1940s, the view from atop the Bluffs was too enticing to prevent people from further settling there. As houses were feverishly built along the Bluffs, the rate of erosion further accelerated.
"Of Angling, and the Art thereof": Fish Tails and Fish Tales
!['Angler's Pride' in R. G. Allerton, Brook Trout Fishing, An Account of a Trip of the Oquossoc Angling Association to Northern Maine in June 1869. New York:: 1869.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/anglers_pride_brook_trout_fishing_1869_small_copy.jpg?itok=7Fhu0uEc)
“Of Angling, and the Art thereof I sing,
What kinde of Tooles it doth behoue to haue;
Cooking up History: Historical Recipe Books
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The cookbooks of the past provide information about diet and habits, as well as telling us which foods were expensive treats, and which were commonly available. Many of the foods that appear regularly through the centuries are not often eaten today, like pickled eel, fried lamprey, and cow-heel soup. Others are familiar, such as macaroni soup or an 1877 recipe for ‘Indian dal’.
Toronto at the Turn of the (Last) Century
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The City of Toronto was officially incorporated in 1834 and the second half of the 19th century was a period of great growth in the city. The population grew through railway and steamer links, which facilitated the arrival of immigrants at the port or the new Union Station building. The harbour was a key asset for trade and expansion, and was steadily under development.