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I spent most of Labour Day doing the Toronto Islands, walking from east (Ward's) to west (Hanlan's).


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Yesterday was beautiful weather for visiting the Toronto Islands: hot, generally bright, with humidity spiking only into some sprinkles of rain. I circumnavigated the Islands from east to west, Ward's Island to Hanlan's Point. At Ward's Island, among the houses, I visited a very new monument to Prince Edward Island-born poet Milton Acorn and his ( Read more... )

As I was returning last evening from the Toronto Islands ahead of the storm, I saw the skyline of the Toronto waterfront contrast nicely with the steel-blue stormclouds. Photos were necessary.


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Today, as promised, I made a visit to the Toronto Islands. I left early, making it for the mainland just ahead of the rain, but I had fun.


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blogTO features a guest post by Daniel Rotsztain introducing readers to Artscape Gibraltar Point, an artist's retreat on the Toronto Islands.

(I so need to go there.)

One of Toronto's most important spaces for artists is located far from the city's west-end galleries, east-end lofts and downtown museums. At Artscape Gibraltar Point on Toronto ( Read more... )

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Torontoist's Megan Marrelli has a photo essay looking at people who live year-round on their boats docked in Toronto's harbour. Even in winter.

On November 23, 2014, Danica Brown was rounding the corner of the Leslie Street Spit in her 29-foot 1991 Cruisers 2970 Esprit-a boat she took a loan out to buy two years earlier. The waves on Lake Ontario ( Read more... )