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Black and white picture of people enjoying a beach.
Ward's Island Beach, Ward's Island, Ontario, Canada
Black and white picture of people enjoying a beach.

Ward's Island Beach, Ward's Island, Ontario, Canada

DateApproximately 1930
Names
FormatPicture
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodToronto Islands
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Postcards
    Language
      ProvenanceGift of Norman Attikin

      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberPC_3666
      A photograph taken from the passenger area of a ferry, with a large body of water and other boa…
      Eastern gap between Cherry Beach and Ward's Island, Toronto
      Unknown
      Approximately 1920(?)
      A mid-range distance photo of the Ward's Island hotel, a large two-storey structure with a wrap…
      Ward's hotel, Ward's Island
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      15 September 1954
      Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Island - Wards Island
      Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Island - Wards Island
      Bezant, Graham
      approximately 1972
      Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Island - Wards Island - 1960 - 79
      Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Island - Wards Island - 1960 - 79
      Beaty, Keith
      18 September 1972
      Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Island - Wards Island - 1980 and on
      Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Island - Wards Island - 1980 and on
      Bock, Tony
      4/27/1984
      Black and white photograph of a large steamship on a body of water.
      Steamer entering Gap at Ward's Island, Ontario, Canada
      Photogelatine Engraving Company‏
      Approximately 1925
      Black and white picture of a boat crossing over a band of water.
      Air view of Eastern Gap and Ward's Island, Ontario, Canada
      Photogelatine Engraving Company‏
      Approximately 1930
      Ward's Island Regatta, Toronto, Ontario
      Ward's Island Regatta, Toronto, Ontario
      Unknown
      1919-08
      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
      Pausing in their gardening, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Milthorpe wave at Island visitors outside their home at 16 Lakeshore Ave., Ward's Island.
      Pausing in their gardening, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Milthorpe wave at Island visitors outside their home at 16 Lakeshore Ave., Ward's Island.
      Lennon, Frank
      30 June 1975
      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