Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
Where's the sheriff? Toronto Island residents - men, women and children - stand guard at bridge (above) linking Wards and Algonquin islands
Where's the sheriff? Toronto Island residents - men, women and children - stand guard at bridge (above) linking Wards and Algonquin islands

Where's the sheriff? Toronto Island residents - men, women and children - stand guard at bridge (above) linking Wards and Algonquin islands

Date28 July 1980
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Where's the sheriff? Toronto Island residents - men, women and children - stand guard at bridge (above) linking Wards and Algonquin islands where most expected the sheriff's men to land with writs of eviction.

Banner reads "Save us Bill Davis".  
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodToronto Islands
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0113959F
      Conner Barnett, 14, left, Alex Loubert, 12, and Martin Kuryllo, 13, plunge into summer yesterday as they go for a cooling dip. They jumped off the bridge linking Algonquin and Ward's islands
      Conner Barnett, 14, left, Alex Loubert, 12, and Martin Kuryllo, 13, plunge into summer yesterday as they go for a cooling dip. They jumped off the bridge linking Algonquin and Ward's islands
      Bock, Tony
      8 June 1997
      In Railroad clothes, Bill Metcalf makes a speech to fellow residents of Ward's Island at their picnic-party yesterday celebrating the second year they have stayed on the Islands since Metro finally ordered them off
      In Railroad clothes, Bill Metcalf makes a speech to fellow residents of Ward's Island at their picnic-party yesterday celebrating the second year they have stayed on the Islands since Metro finally ordered them off
      Lennon, Frank
      31 August 1975
      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.
      Goode, Jeff
      14 December 1973
      Homes on toronto Islands, above, should be cleared of illegal residents, reader suggests in letter below, and used as summer cottages by Metro residents who are selected by a lottery
      Homes on toronto Islands, above, should be cleared of illegal residents, reader suggests in letter below, and used as summer cottages by Metro residents who are selected by a lottery
      Spremo, Boris
      11 July 1977
      Queen City Yacht Club, Algonquin Island, looking southwest from Ward's Island ferry dock
      Queen City Yacht Club, Algonquin Island, looking southwest from Ward's Island ferry dock
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      9/15/1954
      An illustration of a two story residential house, with a covered porch and balcony on the first…
      House, Islands, Ward's Island, on lakeshore
      Surcouf, Lorraine Joy, 1933-
      Approximately 1960
      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
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/6/1945
      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
      It's like the Berlin Wall, a Ward's Island resident says of the reinforced snowfence barricades that now block the boardwalk in front of several houses
      It's like the Berlin Wall, a Ward's Island resident says of the reinforced snowfence barricades that now block the boardwalk in front of several houses
      Lennon, Frank
      9 September 1968
      Black and white photograph of people standing on a bridge over a lagoon.
      Bridge near Ward's Island. Toronto, Ont.
      Unknown
      Approximately 1940
      Black and white picture of a man standing on a wooden bridge crossing a lagoon.
      Bridge near Ward's Island, Toronto, Ont
      Unknown
      Approximately 1925
      A bald eagle soars above Ward's Island as it hunts for small fish and mammals
      A bald eagle soars above Ward's Island as it hunts for small fish and mammals
      Feeny, Edwin
      4/11/1972