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Image shows a smaller boat "William Rest" with a big ship "Chicago Tribune" in the background.
Cold work. William Rest keeps chugging away, breaking up ice to keep channel free for Islands ferry - but not much else, is moving in Toronto harbor t(...)
Image shows a smaller boat "William Rest" with a big ship "Chicago Tribune" in the background.

Cold work. William Rest keeps chugging away, breaking up ice to keep channel free for Islands ferry - but not much else, is moving in Toronto harbor t(...)

Date1/8/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cold work. William Rest keeps chugging away; breaking up ice to keep channel free for Islands ferry - but not much else; is moving in Toronto harbor these days. Harbor commission says 43 Great Lakes vessels are wintering here; 22 with cargo still on board.
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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
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112749F
Image shows ferries at city docks with high rise buildings under construction. 
Two Island ferries are tied up on the waterfront in the winter; with only the car ferry operating for the people who live on Algonquin and Ward's Islands. But the Harbor Police continue their 24-hour watch from a tower.
14 December 1973
Image shows tugboat passing through the icy lake.
Sheathed in icicles, the bow of the Toronto Harbor Commission tug William Rest batters through the ice along the Toronto harbor waterfront. Harbor mus(...)
1/12/1971
Image shows a tugboat breaking ice for a ship.
Breaking ice six inches thick, the tugboat Bagotville grinds through Toronto harbor as it tows the Goderich to a winter berth at Pier 35. Another tug (...)
1/17/1977
Image shows two tankers on the lake.
Settling in for a cold winter. These two Canadian long tankers, moored at Toronto Harbor's Pier 53, won't be going anywhere for the rest of the long, (...)
12/22/1976
He Keeps Train Riders on Track, Vince Severino is among an elite few workers whose care and expertise keep trains moving disaster-free through busy Un(...)
He Keeps Train Riders on Track, Vince Severino is among an elite few workers whose care and expertise keep trains moving disaster-free through busy Un(...)
10/12/1989
Shipkeeper Bill Cook stands on the deck of the Go one of the two ships he keeps an eye on during the wi daily inspections to check that everything is shipshap sister ship, the James Norris, are the largest grain carries now wintering in Toronto harbor. Cook receives $575 a month for keeping both ships. He lives rent-free aboard the Leitch, in the chief cook's room. [Incomplete]
Shipkeeper Bill Cook stands on the deck of the Go one of the two ships he keeps an eye on during the wi daily inspections to check that everything is shipshap sister ship, the James Norris, are the largest grain carries now wintering in Toronto harbor. Cook receives $575 a month for keeping both ships. He lives rent-free aboard the Leitch, in the chief cook's room. [Incomplete]
2/6/1972
Image shows a tugboat with the Harbour buildings in the background.
New tug for Toronto. Toronto harbor commissioners yesterday went for a short trip aboard their new $200,000 tug, the William Rest. Here the ship, equi(...)
n.d.
The harbor at guernsey in the Channel Islands is a pleasant place to idle away the hours or enjoy a lunchtime sandwich and the city which climbs the h(...)
The harbor at guernsey in the Channel Islands is a pleasant place to idle away the hours or enjoy a lunchtime sandwich and the city which climbs the h(...)
6/8/1972
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 gentleman walking on the snow covered lake. There is a sign that reads: Danger. I ...
It's thin ice, but L.A.C. Joe Cleary, one of Toronto Island's 600 residents, goes ahead anyway. Here he is starting off across the bay
2/6/1945
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
7/7/1980
Esposito's conduct and skill on the ice, a reader remarks, were such that he could point him out to his hockey-playing grandsons as a fine player and gentleman and hopes he keeps it up in Russia
Esposito's conduct and skill on the ice, a reader remarks, were such that he could point him out to his hockey-playing grandsons as a fine player and gentleman and hopes he keeps it up in Russia
9/13/1972