Natural Archives | From Ship to Shore: Exploring Oshawa's Relationship with Lake Ontario

View Looking West Toward Port Oshawa from Gifford Hill

Gifford Hill was once owned by Lyman Gifford, a former mayor of Oshawa. This iconic green space is located east of the Oshawa Harbour. It was the former […]

Looking West From the Second Marsh Towards the Port of Oshawa

View looking west from the Second Marsh towards the harbour. In the mid 1960s, the Oshawa Harbour Commission (OHC) identified the Marsh as a strategic site for a […]

Beekeeping on Oshawa Harbour Lands

The Port of Oshawa welcomed 30,000 tiny new neighbours in 2021. The new honeybee colony, established on protected green space within the port, is managed by Aromath Beekeeping. […]

Oshawa Creek Mouth

View showing the marshy area at the mouth of the Oshawa Creek, just east of the Simcoe Street South bridge. The farm in the left background was located […]

Looking Towards the Port of Oshawa From the Second Marsh

Looking west towards the Port of Oshawa. The Second Marsh is the first bay of water and the pier at the Oshawa Harbour can be seen to the […]