Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
A Navy destroyer docked alongside a road, surrounded by floes of ice.
Destroyer Haida Lake Ontario, en route to Ontario Place
A Navy destroyer docked alongside a road, surrounded by floes of ice.

Destroyer Haida Lake Ontario, en route to Ontario Place

Date21 February 1985
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Haida surrounded by ice, Swirls of ice, snow and frigid Lake Ontario water surround the destroyer Haida at its permanent resting place alongside Lake Shore Rd. at Ontario Place. The ship, a veteran of World War II and the Korean War, is open to visitors in the summertime.
Subject
    GeographyBuilding Monument ParkOntario Place (Toronto, Ont.)
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodExhibition
    GeographyEast-west streetLakeshore Road
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Black-and-white photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0010371F
      Using a bosun's chair, Sea Cadet David Eadie goes over the side of the destroyer HMCS Haida, moored at Ontario Place, to check the bow for rust spots.(...)
      Using a bosun's chair, Sea Cadet David Eadie goes over the side of the destroyer HMCS Haida, moored at Ontario Place, to check the bow for rust spots.(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/22/1975
      Formal call on the Haida, A Haida Indian canoe made in British Columbia carries Shaman-Chief Kitpou of the Algonquins to the destroyer HMCS Haida yest(...)
      Formal call on the Haida, A Haida Indian canoe made in British Columbia carries Shaman-Chief Kitpou of the Algonquins to the destroyer HMCS Haida yest(...)
      Dinsmore, Ted
      8/6/1972
      She's a destroyer captain--for a day, Lorraine Thomas of Oakville is captain for a day of destroyer, HMCS Haida
      She's a destroyer captain--for a day, Lorraine Thomas of Oakville is captain for a day of destroyer, HMCS Haida
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      7/9/1976
      Haida Naval Museum Docks in its new showcase, Retired World War II Tribal class destroyer Haida, now a floating navy museum, floats at its new berth a(...)
      Haida Naval Museum Docks in its new showcase, Retired World War II Tribal class destroyer Haida, now a floating navy museum, floats at its new berth a(...)
      Norris, Dave
      4/18/1971
      Christmas atop the Haida, Christmas trees are all over town, including the very top of the topmast of the HMCS Haida, a retired destroyer moored off O(...)
      Christmas atop the Haida, Christmas trees are all over town, including the very top of the topmast of the HMCS Haida, a retired destroyer moored off O(...)
      Bull, Ron
      12/21/1971
      The Haida sits at dock, rusting, A slow battle--and one the old destroyer may lose
      The Haida sits at dock, rusting, A slow battle--and one the old destroyer may lose
      Lennon, Frank
      4/16/1969
      We remember: With the destroyer Haida in the background, Mike Small, left, and Martin Venman salute fallen comrades
      We remember: With the destroyer Haida in the background, Mike Small, left, and Martin Venman salute fallen comrades
      Loek, Dick
      11/11/1989
      destroyer HMCS Haida
      destroyer HMCS Haida
      Darrell, Dick
      5/18/1980
      A Home on our Waterfront, The wartime destroyer Haida is one Canadian ship that didn't end up in foreign colors
      A Home on our Waterfront, The wartime destroyer Haida is one Canadian ship that didn't end up in foreign colors
      Darrell, Dick
      8/25/1964
      On HMCS Haida, the retired Canadian destroyer, Lieut, Frank Stockwell points to names of five babies engraved on bell
      On HMCS Haida, the retired Canadian destroyer, Lieut, Frank Stockwell points to names of five babies engraved on bell
      Dinsmore, Ted
      9/17/1971
      Stick to your guns Mr. Premier. Ontario Premier William Davis in gunner's helmet, fires the 4-inch foward guns on the HMCS Haida at Ontario Place yest(...)
      Stick to your guns Mr. Premier. Ontario Premier William Davis in gunner's helmet, fires the 4-inch foward guns on the HMCS Haida at Ontario Place yest(...)
      Cooper, David
      6/17/1983
      London 'princess' greets men on HMS Bristol, Guided-missle destroyer HMS Bristol passes Ontario Place on Sesqui visit to Toronto. The British ship, do(...)
      London 'princess' greets men on HMS Bristol, Guided-missle destroyer HMS Bristol passes Ontario Place on Sesqui visit to Toronto. The British ship, do(...)
      Great Britain. Royal Navy
      6/28/1984