Description Toronto Harbour

1 description

1.1 outer harbour
1.2 port
1.3 geology
1.4 gaasyendietha

description

ships owned mariposa (ferries located @ bay street)

there 2 harbours: original natural harbour, today named inner harbour , , outer harbour . access inner harbour made via either western gap or eastern gap. don river drains inner harbour north-east, through keating channel.

the inner harbour used pleasure boats , commercial vessels. ports toronto agency maintains harbour , operates port facilities , passenger ship dock on eastern shore. north shore has mixed range of uses including harbourfront, conversion industrial land recreational , cultural uses. harbourfront has parks, hotels, amphitheatre, , many other facilities. north shore retains 1 port-related industrial use, redpath sugar refinery, while of lands have been converted other uses. jack layton ferry terminal located @ foot of bay street , pleasure , party cruise boats dock along shore west of york street. toronto islands parkland , site of several boat clubs, amusement park, airport, , small residential area.

the western gap 120 metres (390 ft) wide channel allowing western access inner harbour. gap deep enough (over 31 metres) allow large ships (like lake freighters) enter , exit inner harbour. billy bishop toronto city airport located on south side of channel , accessed ferry , tunnel. before island airport built, waterway wide shallow sandy shoal surrounding became hanlan s point. channel dredged , sands deposited form airport lands.

the eastern gap approximately 200 metres (660 ft) wide passage between ward s island , western edge of port lands , used freighters enter inner harbour , port facilities. gap first formed 1852 1858 when storms caused break in sandy spit connected area mainland. prior 1800s, small boat users had use portage on western end of sandy spit peninsula (thus requiring them travel short distance on land) lake ontario inner harbour. after 1858, harbour trust made temporary channel permanent waterway.

outer harbour

toronto has second harbour, called outer harbour (toronto harbour called inner harbour). city of toronto s cherry beach clarke beach park, located on north side of outer harbour, popular in summer. typically meets high water quality, environmental , safety standards. proposed 37 kilometer lake ontario park waterfront toronto pass through outer harbour. city of toronto operates marina in east end of harbour. 8 community water-sport clubs, forming independent outer harbour sailing federation, share small strip east of cherry beach clarke beach park. clubs are: hanlan s boat club, mooredale sailing club, outer harbour centreboard club, saint james town sailing club, toronto multihull cruising club, toronto windsurfing club, water rats sailing club, , westwood sailing club.

the harbour developed in 1950s , 1960s toronto harbour commission through construction of new breakwater called outer harbour east headland. @ time, expected there great upswing in number of ships calling @ toronto once saint lawrence seaway opened. however, need harbour never materialised, , private boats traffic found there now.

port

today, port facilities limited eastern shore of harbour, exception of redpath sugar refinery @ foot of jarvis street. tonnage of cargo passing through port made of sugar redpath , aggregate materials (cement, stone), salt delivered facilities on eastern shore of harbour.

in 2007, port handled 1.6 million tonnes of traffic, 0.3% share of national port traffic, 16th out of 19 canada port authority ports traffic.
in 2006, transport canada ranked toronto 39th out of 313 ports in of canada in total tonnage shipped.
statistics canada ranks port 15th in shipping activity in ontario.

geology

the makeup of soil between mainland , island varies:

stone near western gap
mud near north shore, mouth of don river
sand near airport, western parts of island s north shore, , parts in outer harbour
clay near centre of harbour

gaasyendietha

gaasyendietha toronto s legendary loch ness monster , spotted in lake ontario , within toronto harbour. story of gaasyendietha native canadian myth seneca tribe.