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The Island is really a number of islands
The Island is really a number of islands

The Island is really a number of islands

Date3/17/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: The Island is really a number of islands. Here's the fire department on Centre. It takes only a few minutes to reach any point along the miles of cement boardwalk.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0113892F
      Dress hitchhiker: Not really. This Trinidadian is simply dressed up in the costume he will wear at the island's pre-Lenten carnival, one of the bigges(...)
      Dress hitchhiker: Not really. This Trinidadian is simply dressed up in the costume he will wear at the island's pre-Lenten carnival, one of the bigges(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      4/27/1971
      Plan of islands between Cutler & Aird Island also islands south west of Aird Island north channel of Lake Huron District of Algoma
      Plan of islands between Cutler & Aird Island also islands south west of Aird Island north channel of Lake Huron District of Algoma
      Dobie, James S.
      1915
      To the rescue: Canadiana president Christopher Milton stands with flags of Anguilla, front, Cook islands, left, and Turks and Calcos islands his firm made
      To the rescue: Canadiana president Christopher Milton stands with flags of Anguilla, front, Cook islands, left, and Turks and Calcos islands his firm made
      Loek, Dick
      1/19/1993
      Round-up time on the Islands. An unusual round-up takes place today on the Toronto Islands - herding 150 of this year's young Canada geese. Directed b(...)
      Round-up time on the Islands. An unusual round-up takes place today on the Toronto Islands - herding 150 of this year's young Canada geese. Directed b(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      6/29/1972
      Steel Bands turn Toronto Islands into Caribbean islands during the next few days during Caribana, which opens Friday
      Steel Bands turn Toronto Islands into Caribbean islands during the next few days during Caribana, which opens Friday
      Spremo, Boris
      7/27/1971
      Lifeguards Are Towed To Stations Around The Islands, Patrol Officer Bruno Angestenburger, in light uniform, and Toronto Islands head guard Andy Kenny (...)
      Lifeguards Are Towed To Stations Around The Islands, Patrol Officer Bruno Angestenburger, in light uniform, and Toronto Islands head guard Andy Kenny (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/19/1972
      The Thousand Islands : hotels, parks, cottages, reservations, improved and unoccupied islands, dinner camps, excursion routes and channels
      The Thousand Islands : hotels, parks, cottages, reservations, improved and unoccupied islands, dinner camps, excursion routes and channels
      Taylor, Frank H.
      1898
      Colorized photograph of a view of a waterway, with a large summer resort on the river bank.
      Wellesley Islands, Alexandria Boy, Thousand Islands, Ontario
      Photogelatine Engraving Company‏
      Approximately 1949
      Color photograph of a bridge spanning a river with a boat running underneath it.
      The 1000 Islands International Bridge over the Thousand Islands, Ontario Canada, 12 miles east of Gananoque
      The Gananoque Reporter
      Approximately 1964
      Lakeshore Avenue, Centre Island, Toronto Islands, Ontario
      Lakeshore Avenue, Centre Island, Toronto Islands, Ontario
      Unknown
      approximately 1900
      Island jam: More than 35,000 people went to the Islands Sunday and it was anything but fun returning as thousands lined up for as much as three hours waiting for a ride back to the mainland
      Island jam: More than 35,000 people went to the Islands Sunday and it was anything but fun returning as thousands lined up for as much as three hours waiting for a ride back to the mainland
      Brazao, Dale
      7/7/1980
      Summer camp is a blast - of cold water, Like ancient Roman legionnaires, these youngsters at the Island Canoe Camp on Toronto Islands use their paddle
      Summer camp is a blast - of cold water, Like ancient Roman legionnaires, these youngsters at the Island Canoe Camp on Toronto Islands use their paddle
      Slaughter, Mike
      29 July 1985