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Topic: Toronto Island Ferry Services

	Toronto Island Ferry History: the Beginning
		This was to prove invaluable later on, in the planning of street and roads for the later Island community.
		As time went on, the Island Filtration Plant for purifying the city's water supply was built on the portion of the Island known as Hanlan's Point (named after the famed Toronto oarsman and sculler, Ned Hanlan), and the now-defunct Wiman Baths also made their appearance on the east side of the Hanlan grounds.
		Ferries continued to be built, and by 1882 the C
	www.angelfire.com /ca/TORONTO/history/islandbegin.html (1239 words)

	Ferry - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		All three ferries are based in the northern Tasmanian port city of Devonport; two ferries travel the route to Melbourne, Victoria, and the third to Sydney, New South Wales.
		Toronto also has a ferry service that shuttles beach-goers, tourists and aircraft passengers between the downtown core and Toronto Island beach and airport.
		Free ferries operate in some parts of the world, such as at Woolwich in London, England (across the River Thames), in Amsterdam, Netherlands (across the IJ waterway), and in New York Harbor, connecting Manhattan to Staten Island.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Ferry (1107 words)

	Ferry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In New Zealand, ferry services known as the Interislander and Bluebridge connect Wellington in the North Island with Picton in the South Island, across Cook Strait.
		The Staten Island Ferry in New York City, sailing between the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island, is the nation's single busiest ferry route by passenger volume.
		Ferry service for bicycles continues across the straits for transport to Mackinac Island, where motorized vehicles are almost completely prohibited.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Ferry.htm (1940 words)

	Toronto Transit Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Toronto Transit Commission, or TTC, is a public transport authority that operates buses, streetcars, and rapid transit lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
		Toronto's streetcar system is one of the few in North America still operating along classic lines and has been operating since the mid-19th century (horsecar service starting in 1861 and electric since 1891).
		The ferry service to the Toronto Islands was operated by the TTC from 1927 until 1962, when it was transferred to the Metro Parks and Culture department.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toronto_Transit_Commission (2274 words)

	FERRY
		All three ferries are based in the northern Tasmanian port city of Devonport; two ferries travel the route to Melbourne, Victoria, and the third to Sydney, New South Wales.
		The Staten Island Ferry in New York City, with service between the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island, is the nation's single busiest ferry route by passenger volume.
		Free ferries operate in some parts of the world, such as at Woolwich in London, England (across the River Thames), in Amsterdam, Netherlands (across the IJ waterway), in New York Harbor, connecting Manhattan to Staten Island and across many lakes in British Columbia.
	www.solarnavigator.net /ferry.htm (998 words)

	Toronto Islands \| Toronto Islands - Centre Island, Toronto Island Airport, Toronto Ferry and more...
		The Toronto Island Canoe Club is a non-profit organization run by a volunteer Board devoted to the promotion of healthy, active living for all ages.
		The Toronto Islands were not always islands but actually a series of continuously moving sand-bars, or littoral drift deposits, originating from the Scarborough Bluffs and carried westward by Lake Ontario currents.
		Toronto City Centre Airport is located on 80.9 hectares (200 acres) at the western end of Toronto Islands, "on the city's front doorstep." The Island Airport (as it is also known as) is now linked across the Western Gap by ferry services.
	www.torontoharbour.com /toronto-islands (380 words)

	Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division is a division of the Toronto city government responsible for city owned parks, forests and recreation centres.
		It was created in 2005 when the former Department of Parks and Recreation was split into the Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division and the Toronto Economic Development and Culture Division.
		the operation of specialized services, including the Toronto Island Ferry Services, golf courses, waterfront and regional parks systems.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toronto_Parks,_Forestry_and_Recreation_Division (205 words)

	Toronto's Ferry Boat Hijack
		In 1997, City of Toronto Director of Inspections and Chief Building Official Pam Coburn confirmed for Toronto Free Press, that the move was illegal and that no city licence could cover the takeover of the public boardwalk lands by owners of The Docks.
		Toronto Island residents, already battling the Docks over sleepless nights from the din generated by an official 3,168 seating capacity establishment, are not going down without a fight.
		The proposal to expand ferry service to Polson Street includes a cost sharing of $425,000 to $475,000 with the Toronto Harbour Commission (THC), but on June 8, the commission was out of business, having been replaced by the Canada Port Authority.
	www.canadafreepress.com /1999/9901a9.htm (1020 words)

	Toronto Island Community Association
		Ward's Island is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Toronto and began as a fishing community in the 1830s.
		The Island community itself is a popular tourist destination and a welcome respite for everyone from the concrete, highrises and fast-pace of the city.
		Island community and recreation centres are self-supporting, are open to the public on a membership and rental basis and operate without City funding.
	torontoisland.org /tica/index.html (944 words)

	Island Ferry
		The Staten Island Ferry is a passenger ferry operated by the New York City Department of Transportation between Whitehall Street in Lower Manhattan near Battery Park (South Ferry) and St. George Ferry Terminal on Richmond Terrace in Staten Island near Richmond County Borough Hall and Richmond County Supreme Court.
		The ferry ride is a favorite of tourists to New York as it provides excellent views of the Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty.
		The competing ferry services that were all finally controlled by Vanderbilt were sold to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and operated by the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad (SIRT) in 1884.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/115/island-ferry.html (1360 words)

	British Columbia Ferry Services: Prince Rupert/Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands - BritishColumbia.com
		BC Ferries operates a scheduled ferry service between Prince Rupert on the mainland and Skidegate in the Queen Charlotte Islands.
		There are 1,884 islands in the Queen Charlotte Islands, a mixture of snow-top mountains and fiords that plunge into the sea, mist-enshrouded forests and windswept sandy beaches.
		The ferry lands at Skidegate, dropping visitors at the midpoint of the island.
	www.britishcolumbia.com /Transport/ferry/1_ferry_pr_sgate_qchl.html (511 words)

	City of Toronto: Toronto Island Park
		During that decade, a number of severe storms and their strong wave action worked to erode the peninsula, requiring frequent repair to small gaps until finally, in 1858, an island was created when a storm completely separated the peninsula from the mainland and the gap was not repaired.
		High lake levels continually damaged island properties and, on January 1, 1956, the City of Toronto transferred responsibility for the Toronto Islands to The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto (Metro) to be developed as a regional park.
		After the islands were transferred from the federal government to the City of Toronto in 1867, Plan D-141 divided the land into lots and allowed cottages, amusement areas and resort hotels to be built.
	www.toronto.ca /parks/island/index.htm (1318 words)

	Toronto Island Airport, Environment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Just as Toronto Island activists were about to renew their tiresome attack on Toronto Island Airport, along comes Ontario Environment Minister Chris Stockwell wanting to evict them and turn their homesteads into a park.
		Toronto Islander Allan Sparrow spent most of last year trying to shut down the Toronto City Centre Airport to develop an environmentally friendly theme park.
		Just one day before Stockwell dropped his bombshell about an Ontario government review of the, 99-year leases given to island residents by the former NDP government of 1993, activists were regrouping to make the Island airport a major civic issue by comparing it to the killing of the Spadina Expressway.
	www.canadafreepress.com /2002/ed101402.htm (532 words)

	Toronto Ferry \| Toronto island ferry, Toronto fast ferry...
		The Toronto Island Ferry operates frequent Toronto Ferry service from the Mainland Ferry Terminal to the landing at Hanlan's Point, Centre Island and Ward's Island ferry docks on the Toronto Islands.
		The main entrance for the Toronto Island Ferry is at foot of Bay St on Queens Quay.
		Parking for the Toronto Island Ferry is available 1 block north at Lakeshore and Bay, 1 block west on Queens Quay between Bay and York St., 1 block east opposite Toronto Star building adjacent to Captain Johns restaurant.
	www.torontoharbour.com /toronto-island-ferry (611 words)

	Ferry History
		The 118’ Islet Prince had a brief history in the ferry service due to an attempt by the captain to fix a propeller problem with dynamite.
		The Booth Fisheries, a multiplex corporation with 15 subsidiary companies, commenced its service on the Georgian Bay and North Channel in 1902 for the prime purpose of gathering the produce of the commercial fisherman and various ports of Canada, which in turn was shipped to its wholesale branches in Canada and the United States.
		The ferry service, which transported just 1500 automobiles in 1931, had grown with traffic increasing to 7198 automobiles and 24,273 passengers in 1945.
	www.niagaratechnology.com /manitoulin/ferry_history.htm (2911 words)

	boldts.net - Toronto - Ward's Island
		The road to Ward's Island was filled with people enjoying the scenery from two-seat or four-seat quadricycles rented at a kiosk by the Centre Island pier.
		Even though access to services and shopping is difficult, and the islands are crawling with picnickers and tourists in the summer, the residents still cling to their run-down, overgrown island cottages.
		At one time, the land currently called the "Toronto Islands" was a peninsula, made of sand and gravel carried westward from the eroding Scarborough Bluffs.
	www.boldts.net /TorWi.shtml (270 words)

	Toronto Island Ferry - Rogers Center Toronto - torontostar.ohiomap.be (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Ferries to the Island leave the on a regular schedule from the Toronto Island Ferry Terminal at the foot of Bay Street (there is an additional charge for use of the Ferry...
		km from the boardwalk to Ward's Island ferry dock, 1.11 km from the Island Filtration Plant to the...
		The Toronto Island Ferry offers frequent public service to the Toronto Islands, landing at Hanlan's Point, Centre Island and Ward's Island ferry docks except during the winter season when a limited service schedule is in effect.
	torontostar.ohiomap.be /rogers-center-toronto/toronto-island-ferry.html (403 words)

	staten island ferry crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Staten Island Woman, 20, Killed and Four Are Hurt in Accident...
		11, at the Staten Island Ferry crash and during flouts, wildfires, house fires, hurricanes, floods and snow emergencies.
		Lawyers there would not be able to solicit clients within 30 days of a disaster, such as the Staten Island ferry crash or even the 2001 terrorist attacks.
	www.ft-lauderdale.today-search.org /staten-island-ferry-crash.htm (647 words)

	TORONTO ISLAND CRUISING CANADA canadian boating,cruising navigation harbors
		Toronto Island island is a City of Toronto Park located a ferry ride away from downtown.
		Next to the ferry terminal there is a restaurant and bar overlooking the ferry dock where you can wait on the patio or inside for the return ferry to downtown.
		Toronto Island Marina (5) is an almost forgotten destination by todays Torontonians since the completion of the new waterfront developments on the mainland, which is of course a blessing for visitor.
	www.cruising.ca /guide/docs/gd-toisl.htm (804 words)

	Toronto's Airport Guide
		Toronto is served by two airports: Pearson International Airport and the Toronto City Centre Airport.
		The smaller Toronto City Centre Airport is located at the western end of the Toronto Islands and is used by regional and charter airlines.
		The Island Airport (as it is also known) is linked across the Western Gap by ferry services running every 15 minutes during airport operating hours.
	www.toronto.com /article/375932 (149 words)

	CNN - Toronto Island residents resist bridge to city - November 22, 1998
		TORONTO (CNN) -- Minutes by ferry from the commotion of Canada's biggest city, Toronto Island is a world apart.
		Meanwhile, island residents are standing firm against what they see as the latest threat to their way of life.
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	edition.cnn.com /WORLD/americas/9811/22/toronto.island (406 words)

	Toronto travel guide - Wikitravel
		Toronto [1] is the largest city in Canada, and 5th largest in North America with a population of 2.6 millon and a metropolitan population of nearly 6 million.
		Toronto Islands - A chain of islands in Toronto harbour and home to a small residential community, an airport, a small amusement park, miles of bike trails, spectacular city views, picnic grounds and even a clothing-optional beach.
		Toronto rivals San Francisco as the LGBT capital of North America, with the Pride festival, usually the last week in June with the parade on Sunday, draws tourists from all over the world as the streets fill with proud LGBT people (and others enjoying the party).
	wikitravel.org /en/Toronto (7019 words)

	CBC News: Toronto-Rochester ferry sinking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It looks as if a bold experiment in cross-lake transportation may be coming to an end, as a fast ferry that carries travellers between Toronto and northern New York state during the summer is losing its funding.
		A major problem in covering costs is that the ferry is not licensed to carry trucks across the lake.
		Mark MacDonald, president and CEO of Bay Ferries Great Lakes, the Prince Edward Island company that operated the service, released a statement on Tuesday night confirming the end of the run.
	cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2006/01/10/fastferry060110.html?ref=rss (1024 words)

	General Meeting Toronto 2003 - About Toronto
		Toronto's facilities, diversity and all-round accessibility are just a few reasons why more than 50% of all associations holding conventions outside of the US, chose Toronto in 2000.
		Toronto is a sparkling gem on the north shore of Lake Ontario.
		Toronto is serviced by more than 350 nonstop flights from the U.S. every day, and is the fifth largest international hub in North America.
	www.ewh.ieee.org /r7/toronto/pesgmt2003/about_toronto.html (1307 words)

	ROCHESTER TO TORONTO FAST FERRY: PRIVATE TO PUBLIC
		Most of the traffic was in the last month of service when the ferry really caught on with the general public.
		Without the cooperation of the City of Toronto and the Toronto Port Authority, there wouldn?t be a ferry.
		Toronto Mayor David Miller was an unwavering supporter of the project.
	www.ci.rochester.ny.us /index.cfm?id=715 (2111 words)

	Toronto Helicopter Tour #1 Vertical Reality
		Toronto is Canada's largest city and is situated on the north shore of Lake Ontario.
		Ferry ride to island aboard a historical vintage 1940's vessel.
		There is no charge to ride this ferry to the island, photos, orientation, briefings and aerial tour.
	www.vacationsmadeeasy.com /TorontoON/activity/TorontoHelicopterTour1VerticalReality.cfm (364 words)

	Ferry Service
		Grand Manan Island is accessible via a daily ferry departing from Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick, to North Head, Grand Manan, with the exception of December 25 and January 1 when there are no ferry crossings.
		The ferry schedule differs during the summer from the rest of the year.
		The MV "Grand Manan V" is the primary ferry but during the summer, service is augmented with a second ferry the MV "Grand Manan".
	www.grandmanannb.com /ferry.htm (1579 words)

	Angel Island Ferry Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Agreement grants her $74,000, but 'purge' aspect of pact still being disputed The first female captain on the Guemes Island Ferry said she was the target of sex and age discrimination and was wrongfully fired...
		A former director of the Staten Island ferry pleaded guilty to negligent manslaughter in the 2003 crash that killed 11 passengers, one of the worst mass-transit disasters in city history.
		Nearest town: Bayfield, Wis., is the gateway to the islands, with ferry service to Madeline as well as cruise tour operators, sailing and fishing charters and...
	www.greatangelsresource.info /angel-island-ferry (1799 words)

	2004 Toronto / Winter Waterfront / Centre Island Airport
		The shortest gap between Toronto Centre Island from the mainland is 75 metres, right by the most contentious area along the waterfront: the Toronto City Centre Airport.
		A new ferry service between Rochester, New York and Toronto is close to launching, yet the port authority has yet to break ground on constructing the terminal over by the portlands towards the eastern part of the harbour.
		Rochester and Toronto are quite unhappy that the port authority is set to welcome The Spirit of Ontario (aka, The Breeze) with, effectively, a tent and a chipstand.
	www.sauna.org /loyly/photo/toronto/200402/lakeshore.html (433 words)

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