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Still best retreat from the heat, The Toronto Island ferry service was still busy yesterday as visitors took advantage of the record-breaking heatwave(...)
Still best retreat from the heat, The Toronto Island ferry service was still busy yesterday as visitors took advantage of the record-breaking heatwave(...)

Still best retreat from the heat, The Toronto Island ferry service was still busy yesterday as visitors took advantage of the record-breaking heatwave(...)

Date4/19/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Still best retreat from the heat; The Toronto Island ferry service was still busy yesterday as visitors took advantage of the record-breaking heatwave; but the honeymoon is over; the weather-man warns.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Object NumberTSPA_0112327F
Island hopping: Ferry service was taxed to the breaking point at the recent International Picnic on the Islands
Island hopping: Ferry service was taxed to the breaking point at the recent International Picnic on the Islands
Brazao, Dale
7/7/1980
A jam-packed ferry leaves the Toronto docks for the Islands where an estimated 23,000 took refuge from the heat yesterday
A jam-packed ferry leaves the Toronto docks for the Islands where an estimated 23,000 took refuge from the heat yesterday
Cusano, Jack
7/17/1983
Cyclist sits, watches as ferry William Inglis slides on her way, carrying visitors from the hustle of the city to the quiet and peace of the car-less (...)
Cyclist sits, watches as ferry William Inglis slides on her way, carrying visitors from the hustle of the city to the quiet and peace of the car-less (...)
Bull, Ron
5/17/1977
Their own ferry: The Torontonian, a 100-passenger ferry, has been pressed into service by residents of the Toronto Islands, because the regular ferry, Ongiara, is being repaired
Their own ferry: The Torontonian, a 100-passenger ferry, has been pressed into service by residents of the Toronto Islands, because the regular ferry, Ongiara, is being repaired
Darrell, Dick
3/1/1983
Black and white photo postcard depicting the Toronto harbourfront, dock, and ferries, with the …
Ferry Docks with Toronto skyline
Approximately 1950
Peak hour demands strain the capacity of Island ferries, but there's a shortage only 120 hours a year so there are no plans to extend the service. Similar problems affect other recreation facilities
Peak hour demands strain the capacity of Island ferries, but there's a shortage only 120 hours a year so there are no plans to extend the service. Similar problems affect other recreation facilities
Teskey, Frank
7/15/1971
Two Island Ferries will be in service starting Wednesday from the new terminal on the waterfront between Yonge and Bay Sts., although up to now the 12(...)
Two Island Ferries will be in service starting Wednesday from the new terminal on the waterfront between Yonge and Bay Sts., although up to now the 12(...)
Spremo, Boris
4/5/1972
The ferry to tancook from Chester, near Halifax, takes the visitor to a world where there are no paved roads, no police, and no need for either. The i(...)
The ferry to tancook from Chester, near Halifax, takes the visitor to a world where there are no paved roads, no police, and no need for either. The i(...)
Bryant, George
7/9/1971
Ferry to Niagara. The first of two Russian-made ferries to operate on a cross-lake service to the Niagara region arrived in Toronto yesterday. The Sun(...)
Ferry to Niagara. The first of two Russian-made ferries to operate on a cross-lake service to the Niagara region arrived in Toronto yesterday. The Sun(...)
Spremo, Boris
5/4/1992
Lifeboat Hurtles Across Ferry Deck, A lifeboat on the up, the island ferry, Sam Splintered, and the plane from the mast into the Toronto bay today. It(...)
Lifeboat Hurtles Across Ferry Deck, A lifeboat on the up, the island ferry, Sam Splintered, and the plane from the mast into the Toronto bay today. It(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
6/21/1941
The Toronto Ferry Company Limited island ferry pass one
The Toronto Ferry Company Limited island ferry pass one
Smith, R.A. Sec. Trea
1900 circa
Image shows a ferry boat on the lake.
Sam McBride, diesel vessel (Island ferry), approaching ferry docks, Canada Steamship Lines terminal at right, Toronto Ontario
Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
1953-09