Across the River to Motor City is a Canadian television drama series, that aired on Citytv stations.
The story takes into account the shifting allegiances and ambitions that straddle the Detroit/Windsor boundary, an urban portion of the Canada/United States border.
The mystery of what happened to her, and why, consumes the life of Ben Ford; it eventually involves his adult daughter, Kathleen, when Katie's body turns up 40 years later.
Family mysteries and intrigue play out against a backdrop of some of the more momentous events of recent American and Canadian history.
In April, 2008, Across The River To Motor City won a Canadian Screenwriting Award for Best Dramatic Writing for Denis McGrath and Robert Wertheimer.