On a hot and sunny weekday morning, hundreds of people take the ferry ride to the Toronto Islands, filling beaches, paths and picnic areas that just a year ago were flooded by record-high lake levels.
The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse on Toronto Island is the oldest surviving lighthouse on the Great Lakes. It was constructed in 1808 eight metres from the shoreline, but now because the island is a ...
In 2010, author and historian Adam Bunch created the Toronto Dreams Project: he wrote stories about forgotten figures from the city’s past, and then hid the notes in public places for people to ...
Almost all 3,600 listed heritage properties in Toronto — including several national historic sites, and the Gibraltar Point lighthouse — are about to lose their protection against demolition and ...
In History Buff Combs Depths For Treasure (July 7), on the search for the schooner Toronto Yacht that sank off Hanlan's Point in 1811, you quote historian Robert Townsend as saying that running ...