The year was 1910 and signs of progress were in the air. That June, a new steam ferry for the Toronto Island Company was launched and christened the Trillium. Only briefly mentioned in the local dailies at the time, the double-end, side-padded island ferry cruised the waters of Toronto Bay for nearly fifty years. After forty-six years of service, the Trillium retired in 1956, only to be saved from the scrap yard in 1973. The Trillium made its second debut in 1976 as a fully operational steam ferry and is still in service today.
As the Trillium reaches the century mark, Mike Filey revisits the history of this fascinating Canadian ship. With a new preface and updated photographs, including some in colour. Filey traces Trillium’s remarkable rise, fall, and rebirth in a book that honours one of Toronto’s most interesting treasures.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 386/.609713541
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-on
- ISBN
- 9781554887378 9781459704923
- LCCN
- HE5785.T6
- LCCN Item number
- F54 2010eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (114 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00227611 (OCoLC)759101286 (CaOOCEL)440044
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- cover 1
- Trillium and Toronto Island 3
- Trillium and Toronto Island 5
- Copyright 6
- Contents 9
- Foreword to the Original Edition 11
- Preface to the Centennial Edition 12
- Preface to the Original Edition 13
- Acknowledgements to the Original Edition 14
- Early History of Toronto Island 15
- Life on Ward’s, Centre, and Hanlan’s Point 47
- The Polson Iron Works 75
- Rebirth of the Trillium 81
- Illustration Credits 117
