Keywords: A small Ro-Ro ferry serves residents of Ward's Island, year-round, even when the harbour is covered in ice, 2014 01 01 -a.jpg A small Ro-Ro ferry serves residents of Ward's Island year-round even when the harbour is covered in ice Once most of the Toronto Islands was full of little cottages Then most of the cottages all but those on Ward's Island the easternmost part of the Islands were demolished so there was more parkland for recreational visitors The occupants on Ward's Island were given long term leases but while they allowed to winterize their cottages and can request minor changes like adding sleeping lofts they can't extensively renovate or replace those cottages which are generally less than 1000 square feet During the summer three or four large passenger ferries carry visitors During the winter this much smaller ferry serves the residents of Wards Island A few days ago I took some snapshots of Toronto's main fireboat the William Lyon Mackenzie clearing a path through the ice for this ferry <gallery> File Fireboat William Lyon MacKenzie also breaks ice Toronto harbour 2013 12 27 1 jpg File Fireboat William Lyon MacKenzie also breaks ice Toronto harbour 2013 12 27 7 jpg File Fireboat William Lyon MacKenzie also breaks ice Toronto harbour 2013 12 27 9 jpg </gallery> right 150px This is probably the Category Ongiara ship 1963 She is similar to File Ferry Windmill Point in the Keating Channel -a jpg http //www flickr com/photos/55289779 N00/11695171734/ Frozen Toronto harbour 4pm 2014 01 01 11 2014-01-01 16 17 http //www flickr com/people/55289779 N00 booledozer https //ticket wikimedia org/otrs/index pl Action AgentTicketZoom TicketNumber Ticket 2012092210003274 OTRS ticket 2012092210003274 43 649077 -79 364209 source Flickr cc-by-sa-2 0 booledozer http //flickr com/photos/55289779 N00/11695171734 2014-01-02 02 50 24 cc-by-sa-2 0 Ferries in Toronto Frozen Toronto harbour RoRo ferries Taken with Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10 Photographs by Geo Swan ImageNote 1 1418 1358 253 110 4320 3240 2 The small ro-ro ferry ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 21 2303 4274 236 4320 3240 2 The aging Gardiner Expressway ImageNoteEnd 2 |