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Bridge over body of water with a person on the bridge and row boat in the water. 
Bridge between Centre and Olympic, Toronto Islands
Bridge over body of water with a person on the bridge and row boat in the water. 

Bridge between Centre and Olympic, Toronto Islands

Date1946
FormatPicture
Subject
    GeographyBuilding Monument ParkCentre Island
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodToronto Islands
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Postcards
    DimensionsImage size: 9 cm x 14 cm (3 9/16 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
    Language
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberPC_747
      An etching of a stone bridge stretching across two islands. There are bushes and tall trees on …
      Bridge between Toronto Centre & Olympic Islands
      Staples, Owen, 1866-1949
      Approximately 1925
      Bridge washed out: Parts of the Centre Island miniature railway were washed out yesterday as rising Lake Ontario waters covered sections of the Toronto Islands
      Bridge washed out: Parts of the Centre Island miniature railway were washed out yesterday as rising Lake Ontario waters covered sections of the Toronto Islands
      Beaty, Keith
      6 April 1973
      The surprising travels and adventures of Baron Munchausen : in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Ætna, into the South Sea : a voyage into the moon and dog star, with many extraordinary particulars relative to the cooking animals in those planets, which are there called the human species : a sequel, containing his expediton into Africa, his being buried in a whirlwind of sand, feasts on live bulls, builds a bridge from thence to Great Britain, supported by a single arch, visits the islands in the South Sea, &c. &c. and raises the hull of the Royal George, &c. &c. : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, &c
      The surprising travels and adventures of Baron Munchausen : in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Ætna, into the South Sea : a voyage into the moon and dog star, with many extraordinary particulars relative to the cooking animals in those planets, which are there called the human species : a sequel, containing his expediton into Africa, his being buried in a whirlwind of sand, feasts on live bulls, builds a bridge from thence to Great Britain, supported by a single arch, visits the islands in the South Sea, &c. &c. and raises the hull of the Royal George, &c. &c. : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, &c
      Corbould, H. (Henry), 1787-1844
      1851
      Color photograph of a bridge spanning a river with a boat running underneath it.
      The 1000 Islands International Bridge over the Thousand Islands, Ontario Canada, 12 miles east of Gananoque
      The Gananoque Reporter
      Approximately 1964
      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
      Plan of islands between Cutler & Aird Island also islands south west of Aird Island north channel of Lake Huron District of Algoma
      Plan of islands between Cutler & Aird Island also islands south west of Aird Island north channel of Lake Huron District of Algoma
      Dobie, James S.
      1915
      Canada - Ontario - Thousand Islands - Bridge and Area
      Canada - Ontario - Thousand Islands - Bridge and Area
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      4/1/1939
      Islands of ice choke the Credit River, Huge chunks of ice pile up on the Credit River just south of the Britannia Road bridge near Streetsville yester(...)
      Islands of ice choke the Credit River, Huge chunks of ice pile up on the Credit River just south of the Britannia Road bridge near Streetsville yester(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      2/4/1974
      While guns roared a salute Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. King opened the Thousand Islands bridge system on this 90-foot span through which the boundary passes
      While guns roared a salute Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. King opened the Thousand Islands bridge system on this 90-foot span through which the boundary passes
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      9/3/1938
      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
      Scene of friendship: Elinor Rowins and Robert Kernehan shake hands on the Thousand Islands bridge, just as they did 50 years ago
      Scene of friendship: Elinor Rowins and Robert Kernehan shake hands on the Thousand Islands bridge, just as they did 50 years ago
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/1/1988
      Colorized photograph of a view of a waterway, with a large summer resort on an island connected…
      The shortest international bridge in the world. Thousand Islands, Canada
      Photogelatine Engraving Company‏
      Approximately 1930