North of Long Tail

Lake Erie

  

   'Long Tail' is how Indigenous people described Lake Erie and "North of Long Tail" is the title of a special photography project by Colin Boyd Shafer done with the support of Environmental Defence Canada. It is about the people and places on our, north side of the lake. 

Beautiful Photographs

   I will not force you to read on. You can go directly to the photographs at North of Long Tail. Among the people profiled you will find Ms Notebomer from Stratford (pictured above) who, at 14, swam Lake Erie from Sturgeon Point, NY to Crystal Beach near Fort Erie. Closer to London, you will find good photos of Port Stanley in the profile of Todd, a firefighter, who lives there. There is also a YouTube video about the project (almost an hour long.) North of Long Tail; Behind the Lens.  A radio broadcast is still available on the CBC website: "Afternoon Drive," Chris dela Torre, "Documentary of North Long Tail," Nov.19, 2020.

Sources:

   All the sources you need are provided above. I have posted about the Great Lakes and hope to do more in the new year. Here are some of the old ones:

The American Lakes - Book Series.

Wayne State University Press 

Parks Along the Great Lakes  

University of Minnesota Press

Great Lakes Pollution