"Engaging and accessible, The Lives of Lake Ontario fills gaps in our knowledge of lakefront geographies by considering the lake itself as an organizing principle. This re-centering of key regional features generates insights into the economic and environmental history of the region that have been overlooked by land-oriented studies, giving water its due in the history of this watery centre of the continent." - Jennifer Bonnell, author of Reclaiming the Don: An Environmental History of Toronto's Don River Valley "Despite some progress, the mistreatment of Lake Ontario over the last two centuries continues to undermine its ecological health and role as a key fish and wildlife habitat. The Lives of Lake Ontario advances our understanding of a Great Lake that is often trivialized, building blocks of history and science into a fascinating whole." - Dave Dempsey, author of Great Lakes for Sale "MacFarlane's contribution provides a space to think across geographical, technical, social, cultural, and political landscapes. A comprehensive, insightful environmental history of Lake Ontario." - NiCHE: Network in Canadian History & Environment "A deeply researched, authoritative account of the physical phenomena that formed and continue to shape the fourteenth-largest lake in the world. Beyond his ability to distill an abundance of complex scientific detail into crisp, digestible prose, [MacFarlane] truly shines in elucidating the reciprocal relationship between the lake and the people surrounding it.

" - Literary Review of Canada.