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Fire boat, Centre Island
Photo of a fireboat docked at wharf with bridge in background and small row boat in foreground. 

Fire boat, Centre Island

Dateapproximately 1925
FormatPicture
Notes
Fire boat is docked on south side lagoon, next to Manitou Road Bridge. Firehall was directly behind it
Subject
    GeographyBuilding Monument ParkCentre Island
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodToronto Islands
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Postcards
    DimensionsImage size: 8.5 cm x 13.5 cm (3 3/8 in. x 5 5/16 in.)
    Language
      ProvenanceGift of Norman Attikin
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberPC_3654
      The most popular place in Toronto yesterday seemed to be the Islands, where hundreds of persons lined up on Centre Island for the return boat at 5 p.m(...)
      The most popular place in Toronto yesterday seemed to be the Islands, where hundreds of persons lined up on Centre Island for the return boat at 5 p.m(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      5/21/1972
      A holiday in the sun. The swan boats on Centre Island are the Victoria Day choice of Marni Anderson, 4, and her brother Jay, 9. An estimated 25,000 pe(...)
      A holiday in the sun. The swan boats on Centre Island are the Victoria Day choice of Marni Anderson, 4, and her brother Jay, 9. An estimated 25,000 pe(...)
      Barkley, Harold
      5/22/1972
      Wedding at Centre Island, Nineteen-year-old Mark Vyse of Camp Borden and his bride, Carmen Duscha, 18, ride a swan boat after their wedding Saturday i(...)
      Wedding at Centre Island, Nineteen-year-old Mark Vyse of Camp Borden and his bride, Carmen Duscha, 18, ride a swan boat after their wedding Saturday i(...)
      Bull, Ron
      5/21/1973
      Women's College Hospital crew, foreground, competes against Royal Bank team in Dragon Boat Race Festival at Centre Island yesterday
      Women's College Hospital crew, foreground, competes against Royal Bank team in Dragon Boat Race Festival at Centre Island yesterday
      Loek, Dick
      6/27/1993
       View up a small waterway towards a boathouse with a bridge to the right. 
      The boat house, Centre Island Park, Toronto, Canada
      Valentine & Sons
      approximately 1914
      $400,000 boat gutted in fire. The Stephanie III, a 15.5-metre (51-foot) cabin cruiser gutted in a fire at Queen's Quay early yesterday, is towed to th(...)
      $400,000 boat gutted in fire. The Stephanie III, a 15.5-metre (51-foot) cabin cruiser gutted in a fire at Queen's Quay early yesterday, is towed to th(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      5/23/1987
      Living on a boat at Toronto Island Marina means that Pat and John Dyer can cast off and sail for the Bahamas if they feel like it -- but it also means claustrophobia that impels them to dine out three times a week. A dozen people live on boats in Metro all year, and life afloat suits them just fine.
      Living on a boat at Toronto Island Marina means that Pat and John Dyer can cast off and sail for the Bahamas if they feel like it -- but it also means claustrophobia that impels them to dine out three times a week. A dozen people live on boats in Metro all year, and life afloat suits them just fine.
      Lennon, Frank
      6/6/1975
      Centre Island's Manitou Hotel a fire hazard
      Centre Island's Manitou Hotel a fire hazard
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8 December 1945
      Getting set for a tug o' boat, Two teams from the Metro police force and Toronto fire department are in the process of muscling up for Toronto's first(...)
      Getting set for a tug o' boat, Two teams from the Metro police force and Toronto fire department are in the process of muscling up for Toronto's first(...)
      Bull, Ron
      5/20/1987
      Fire department boat on rescue duty sails along Highway 15 near Corning, N
      Fire department boat on rescue duty sails along Highway 15 near Corning, N
      Norris, Dave
      6/25/1972
      Sail-past salute, In a sail-past yesterday, fire boat William Lyon Mackenzie salutes the Toronto Harbor Police at Harborfront, the CN Tower rising maj(...)
      Sail-past salute, In a sail-past yesterday, fire boat William Lyon Mackenzie salutes the Toronto Harbor Police at Harborfront, the CN Tower rising maj(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      5/19/1975
      The conflagrations, comprising two poems, as follows, first, the burning boat, a serio-satiric poem on the destruction by fire of the steamer Royal ta(...)
      The conflagrations, comprising two poems, as follows, first, the burning boat, a serio-satiric poem on the destruction by fire of the steamer Royal ta(...)
      Published by the author
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