Over the past year Curtiss has been researching the contemporary existence of rural black communities within the Southwestern Ontario region. His focus pertained to the municipality of Chatham-Kent, which harbours the remnants of historical black townships. Black Canadians predominantly frequent and live in highly urban spaces, with little to no connection to the great outdoors as a place of refuge; at best, a manicured urban park would suffice as wilderness. The historical relationship to the outdoors as Black-Canadians is rooted in slavery. Forced labour in southern cotton fields wouldn’t allow us to reap the fruits of our labour as growers, yet, we hold an abundance of information when it comes to the land. Where did it all go?