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Image shows some cargo items at the Harbour with a ship in the background.
End of the season rush. With the shipping season on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence Seaway expected to end in about three weeks, Toronto harbor is e(...)
Image shows some cargo items at the Harbour with a ship in the background.

End of the season rush. With the shipping season on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence Seaway expected to end in about three weeks, Toronto harbor is e(...)

Date11/25/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: End of the season rush. With the shipping season on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence Seaway expected to end in about three weeks; Toronto harbor is experiencing a last minute rush of ocean-going ships. One of the busiest docks in Pier 53 where large quantities of steel; shown here; are being unloaded from freighters. Seaway will officially close Dec. 17 although if mild weather continues; it may stay open a few days longer.
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Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Harbour
Province or state:Ontario
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112732F
Image shows an anchor at the harbour with a ship in the background.
Anchor aground: An old anchor looms in the foreground and mist rises off the water as Toronto harbor gets an early foretaste of the quiet days of winter. The harbor was busier this year than last; but things slow down to a crawl when winter really takes hold and the St. Lawrence Seaway and Welland Canal close for the season. Shipping usually stops at the end of December.
9/15/1981
Image shows a Harbour worker with a ship in the background.
Spring's coming. With the St. Lawrence Seaway expected to open my March 31, Toronto Harbor is getting ready for the new season. Hugh Fallu (right) wel(...)
3/5/1981
Image shows a few huge ships at the Harbour.
Spring's coming. With the St. Lawrence Seaway expected to open by March 31, Toronto Harbor is getting ready for the new season. Hugh Fallu (right) wel(...)
3/3/1981
Image shows a Harbour construction worker.
Spring's coming. With the St. Lawrence Seaway expected to open by March 31, Toronto Harbor is getting ready for the traffic. While ships (top) await o(...)
3/3/1982
Image shows a few cargo ships at the Harbour.
Toronto's foreign shipping is a healthy 60 per cent this season. A 24-day Seaway strike turned back cargo-laden ocean freighters like these in 1968
7/15/1969
Image shows cars entering a huge ship.
Last ship of the season. Cars enter the Alexander Starotsenko; docked at Cherry St. The Russian ship; also carrying machinery and general cargo to St. Petersburg; will be last out of the Great Lakes before the St. Lawrence Seaway shuts for winter.
12/14/1993
Image shows an aerial view on the Harbour with a lot of docked ships.
A full house in the harbor. Twenty-one ships were berthed in Toronto Harbor this week, one of the busiest times of the soon-to-end shipping season. Al(...)
10/21/1969
Image shows a few people working on board.
Getting set in the Harbor. Getting ready for the shipping season, the Toronto Harbor Commissioners' tug the Kenneth A. sets out the channel markers. C(...)
3/27/1974
Image shows a maintenance man holding the lines with a ship behind him.
Touch of spring in the air. Maintenance man Cliff Cruise checks lines holding lakers Seaway Queen and Canadian Century at Pier 35 at the foot at Cherry St. Lakers will get under way near the end of March or the first week of April; depending on the weather.
2/8/1993
Image shows the front of two ships.
These lake carriers; wintered in Toronto harbor; will soon be plying the seaway. Officials see a good start but fear effects of a week economy.
1/2/1991
Image shows loading containers in progress.
Busy season: The number of containers moved through Marine Terminal 51 more than doubled this year from 1986, helping give the Port of Toronto its best shipping season in six years
4/9/1986
Image shows a ship at the Harbour covered with ice and snow with a few people around.
Coast guard Ship Port Dauphine at pier after staggering into Toronto harbor heavy with ice and with a 12-degree list. Ship made a all-night run from east end of lake when heavy seas kept scientists aboard from working.
1/10/1969