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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

Queen City Yacht Club, Algonquin Island, looking southwest from Ward's Island ferry dock

Date9/15/1954
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Queen City Yacht Club, Algonquin Island; looking southwest from Ward's Island ferry dock. Toronto, Ontario
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodToronto Islands
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Negatives (photographs)
    Language
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberPICTURES-R-424
      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
      Image shows a tugboat docked at the island with the Toronto Harbour in the background.
      Ferry Docks, Ward's Island, showing freight launch 'Chuckie Joe'. Toronto, Ont.
      Chuckie Joe (Ship)
      9/15/1954
      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
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      28 July 1980
      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
      Teenaged hero honored, David Belisle, 16, of Ward's Island holds a commendation given to him yesterday by the Toronto Harbor Commission for saving Jane Kan, 16, right, and another girl after they rode their tandem bicycle off a dock.
      Teenaged hero honored, David Belisle, 16, of Ward's Island holds a commendation given to him yesterday by the Toronto Harbor Commission for saving Jane Kan, 16, right, and another girl after they rode their tandem bicycle off a dock.
      Bock, Tony
      1/24/1991
      It's just three minutes after sunrise, but already Ward's Island work crews are arriving by ferry
      It's just three minutes after sunrise, but already Ward's Island work crews are arriving by ferry
      Brazao, Dale
      1/7/1986
      Eastern Gap, looking east from Ward's Island, showing Toronto Hydro feeder tower & fog-horn station
      Eastern Gap, looking east from Ward's Island, showing Toronto Hydro feeder tower & fog-horn station
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      9/15/1954
      Eastern Gap, looking south from Ward's Island
      Eastern Gap, looking south from Ward's Island
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      9/15/1954
      Black and white picture of people enjoying a beach.
      Ward's Island Beach, Ward's Island, Ontario, Canada
      Photogelatine Engraving Company‏
      Approximately 1930
      Trucks Blocked: Postal pickets block the lane from the Toronto Island ferry docks yesterday, obstructing trucks carrying mail
      Trucks Blocked: Postal pickets block the lane from the Toronto Island ferry docks yesterday, obstructing trucks carrying mail
      Beaty, Keith
      8/29/1991
      A jam-packed ferry leaves the Toronto docks for the Islands where an estimated 23,000 took refuge from the heat yesterday
      A jam-packed ferry leaves the Toronto docks for the Islands where an estimated 23,000 took refuge from the heat yesterday
      Cusano, Jack
      7/17/1983
      Ferry Docks, Centre Island, view from 'Thomas Rennie'. Toronto, Ont.
      Ferry Docks, Centre Island, view from 'Thomas Rennie'. Toronto, Ont.
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      8/4/1957