What's New

November 8, 2003

• Corrected numerous errors caused by ISP address change

January 25, 2002

• Added reference to FODE Web Site and corrected the phone number
• Corrected North Toronto Green Community phone number and others
• Added link to green groups at the City website

December 2, 2001

• Moved images to new Rogers members site
• Updated front page to new reference to WWF and Toronto.Com
• Added link to the City's part-II plan site

June 24, 2000

• Removed Bring Back the Don graphic to avoid confusion with official task force site
• Deleted page counter and search due to ILAP problems

December 30, 1999

• Corrected length in FAQ from 38 to 48 km based on graphic

October 16, 1999

• Updated the list of Regeneration Sites

October 11, 1999

• Added link to list of worldwide river sites

September 19, 1999

• Revised links to Toronto Remedial Action Plan (RAP) site
• Added link to the RAP map of Creater Toronto Watershed and community groups

September 11, 1999

• Revised colour scheme to make it more readable and cleaned up this page for consistent format
• Update the Don Today to make canoeing and cleanup team more accessible
• Updated format and links on the WIEP page

August 30, 1999

• Added link to Shell Environment Fund

June 27, 1999

• Added link to Toronto Remedial Action Plan (RAP)

June 12, 1999

• Added link to Urban Resources Reference Library site

May 8, 1999

• Corrections to URLs no longer working

February 21, 1999

• Cleaned up some long overdue URL changes for the Conservation Authority and City of Toronto Bring Back The Don - mostly resulting from amalgamation into our new megacity

February 21, 1998

• Added search engine for the entire site.
• Added page counter. Starting at 0 again after over 7,000 hits on the old site.

February 9, 1998

• Moved to the new site address at http://www.mwilson.on.ca/don.html
• Added links to sites such as
• • The Don Watershed Regeneration Council which has published the Don Report Card and a regular newsletter
  • Ernest Thomson Seton
  • Don Faithful's look and listen at the Don
  • Friends of the Twelve in St Catharines
• Removed the guest book in favour of a more prominent email to mark@mwilson.on.caon the first page
• Corrected WIEP (Watershed Infrastructure and Ecology Program) phone number and added email address
• Updated Don Groups to reflect URL changes
• Many minor text updates to bring the site up-to-date from a year ago

February 8, 1997

• Added the East Don headwaters to the Don Today section

February 1, 1997

• Added some new links in Don Groups
• Changed the Toronto link to Yahoo
• Corrected the references to Lord and Lady Simcoe. He was a Colonel and Lieutenant- Governor but not a Lord.

January 26, 1997

• More Home Page changes with buttons courtesy of Pixelsite
• New link to the L.A. River Tour

January 22, 1997

• A redesigned Home Page which hopefully loads much quicker and makes the full scope of the site more accessible.
• Added a number of other Don sites to the list of Urban River sites and contacts.

January 12, 1997

• Added the great clean-up team pictures showing all the amazing stuff they pull out of the river and valleys.
• Updated the Regeneration Projects to include the Keffer marsh and other minor updates.

January 2, 1997

• Added the first map of the Don drawn in 1688 by Father Rafféix a French Jesuit priest.
• Deleted the Summer of 96 Tours. Hey there's snow on the ground !

July 24, 1996

• Added the Watershed Infrastructure and Ecology Program (WIEP). WIEP is a community based program to improve the health of the Don River. Call (416) 465-1200.

June 9, 1996

• Deleted Friends of Trashed Rivers 1995 conference

April 28, 1996

• Added an 1873 painting by Lucius O’Brien of Ashbridge’s Marsh, looking back at Toronto. The reproduction is borrowed from the 1996 Canadian Encyclopedia Plus © 1995 by McClelland & Stewart Inc. courtesy Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Grant.

April 18, 1996

• Added link to the City of Toronto's site for the Don Newsletter
• Added new links and text to home page descriptions of the Don Indexes of pictures and info.

April 7, 1996

• Exciting new pictures of the proposed Lower Don Channel renaturalisation
• A Chester Springs Marsh construction update!
• A few esthetic touches to make the Don FAQ a little less relentless

March 24, 1996

• A new form to help visitors get in touch
• New Backgrounds, Colours and other cosmetic changes to spruce up the site for spring!
• New version of Bring Back the Don Logo with the correct text colour.
• The site moved to my own server so Marlene could have peaceful enjoyment of her own much, more wonderful site

March 7, 1996

• Added North Toronto Green Community to the list of Don Groups
• Added description of French map of Don and origin of the name to the FAQ

February 17, 1996

• Added link to the Evergreen Foundation
• Updated (hopefully) a number of obsolete or relocated links

December 2, 1995

• Added Friends of Trashed Rivers III Conference (deleted June 9, 1996)
• Added Coalition To Restore Urban Rivers
• Additional information on what you can do to help

August 19, 1995

• Added canoeing adventures on the Don.
• Added links to FAQ from historical scenes.
• Added links to other interesting places
• Added link to Sea Shepherd site for Marine Mammals.
• Cleaned up thumbnails for satellite, subwatersheds.

August 7, 1995

• Everything's new!

© mark wilson 1998