Susan Peterson Gateley

I’m a biologist, sailor, educator, and advocate for our Great Lake. Explore my blogs and book excerpts to learn more about this inland sea and its impacts on our region and our lives.

Lake Ontario, a Quest for Hope

French philosopher Jean Vanier once wrote “Love is not to do things for people. It is not to tell people what to do. It is to reveal.” That is the goal of both the video as well as this work. To show the lake’s beauty, gifts, our thoughtless use of it, and to reveal an alternate way and possible new relationship with our water.

December 6, 2017