Shifting Shoreline
What happened to Toronto’s original waterfront? Trace the shoreline that once ran near today’s Front Street and discover how the lake’s edge was reshaped by colonization, industrialism, and city-building. From the Dominion Public Building to St. Lawrence Market and Parliament Square Park, uncover the layers of history beneath the streets: Indigenous land, archaeological artifacts, buried waters, and the people who transformed Toronto’s relationship with Lake Ontario.