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Crowds pour off the ferry at Queen's Quay as others wait to board during hectic summer months
Crowds pour off the ferry at Queen's Quay as others wait to board during hectic summer months

Crowds pour off the ferry at Queen's Quay as others wait to board during hectic summer months

Date5/22/1972
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  • Crowds pour off the ferry at Queen's Quay as others wait to board during hectic summer months
  • Crowds pour off the ferry at Queen's Quay as others wait to board during hectic summer months. Many readers feel the service could be better and more frequent. I have waited early Sunday morning in considerable crowds with only one boat operating says reader below.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Crowds pour off the ferry at Queen's Quay as others wait to board during hectic summer months. Many readers feel the service could be better and more frequent. I have waited early Sunday morning in considerable crowds with only one boat operating says reader below.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112286F
Crowded Ferry Dock at Bay and Queen's Quay is due to poor access, says Metro Parks Commissioner Tommy Thompson
Crowded Ferry Dock at Bay and Queen's Quay is due to poor access, says Metro Parks Commissioner Tommy Thompson
Barkley, Harold
7/18/1974
Wearing a plastic skirt, the Toronto Island tug Ned Hanlan sits high and dry undergoing winter maintenance work at drydock on Queen's Quay. The screen(...)
Wearing a plastic skirt, the Toronto Island tug Ned Hanlan sits high and dry undergoing winter maintenance work at drydock on Queen's Quay. The screen(...)
Bull, Ron
1/14/1972
A photograph of a city harbour, with a ferry docked by a concrete pier and tall office building…
Foot of York Street and Queen's Quay, Toronto
Unknown
Approximately 1939
This is one of the tugs which operate through ice in Toronto bay, taking island residents to and from city during winter months
This is one of the tugs which operate through ice in Toronto bay, taking island residents to and from city during winter months
Toronto Star (Firm)
7 January 1948
Old Ferry station sails to new home, The historic city ferry station, formerly used by the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, sails off yesterday, leaving its(...)
Old Ferry station sails to new home, The historic city ferry station, formerly used by the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, sails off yesterday, leaving its(...)
Bock, Tony
12/13/1988
Riding the ferries off our west coast gives you some of the greatest scenery anywhere and often a bonus of birdlife
Riding the ferries off our west coast gives you some of the greatest scenery anywhere and often a bonus of birdlife
Bryant, George
1/27/1981
A wheelhouse is lifted off the 64-year-old steam paddle-wheel ferry Trillium by a huge crane in the Whitby yard of McNamara Marine Ltd., where a $950,(...)
A wheelhouse is lifted off the 64-year-old steam paddle-wheel ferry Trillium by a huge crane in the Whitby yard of McNamara Marine Ltd., where a $950,(...)
Beaty, Keith
6/5/1974
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
Trillium's back after $1 million refit, The 65-year-old sidewheeler Trillium, once the queen of the Island ferries, returned to Metro today after a $1 million facelift at Port Colborne
Trillium's back after $1 million refit, The 65-year-old sidewheeler Trillium, once the queen of the Island ferries, returned to Metro today after a $1 million facelift at Port Colborne
Goode, Jeff
11/7/1975
A photograph of a harbour and port area, with several ferries either docked or approaching the …
Hanlan's Point ferry terminal, Toronto
Unknown
A photograph of two people posing for a photograph in front of two ferries docked in a busy har…
Old York Street ferry docks
Unknown
Approximately 1935
Black and white photo postcard depicting the Toronto harbourfront, dock, and ferries, with the …
Ferry Docks with Toronto skyline
Approximately 1950