ruction. CATS discontinued the service after only 11 weeks; among the problems cited was the absence of a permanent marine passenger terminal in Toronto and little Canadian interest in the service. The vessel was sold in a bankruptcy sale in February 2005 to Rochester Ferry Company LLC, a subsidiary of the City of Rochester. In April 2005, Rochester Ferry Company LLC announced that the Rochester-Toronto ferry service using Spirit of Ontario I would return, operated by Bay Ferries Great Lakes Limited and using the marketing name The Cat. The Toronto Port Authority officially opened the International Marine Passenger Terminal on June 27, 2005, three days before ferry service resumed. Even with impressive passenger numbers by the winter of 2006 the ferry service lost funding from the City of Rochester and announced that it would no longer be in business. The terminal building was later used for filming the CBC crime drama The Border.
Wharves and piers
Wharves existed along Toronto's waterfront in the 19th Century, but they have since been replaced by quays. Most of the former wharves disappeared when the waterfront was filled in along with the now "missing" Creeks of Toronto.
A list of former wharves along the central waterfront:
- Dufferin Street Wharf
- Queen's Wharf - Bathurst Street
- Conner's Wharf - York Street
- Millous Wharf - Yonge Street
- Hamilton Wharf - Church Street
- Sylvester Brothers and Hickman's Wharf - Church Street
- Northern Railway Wharf and Elevator - Portland Street
- Taylor's Wharf - George Street
- Hogarty and Grussett Wharf and Elevator - Simcoe Street
- Walsh and Love's Wharf - Simcoe Street
- Tinning's Wharf - York Street
- Higginbotham's Wharf - Yonge Street
- Manson's Wharf - Market Street
- Toronto and Northern Railway Wharf - Berkerley Street
- Gooderham's Wharf and Elevator - Don River
A list of current quays/slips along the waterfront:
- Bathurst Quay
- Maple Leaf Quay
- John Quay
- York Quay
- Queen's Quay
- Yonge Quay
- Rees St. Slip
- Simcoe St. Slip
Ships of Toronto Harbour
Vessels found or associated with Toronto Harbour include:
|Showboat Royal Grace||
|The Empress of Canada||1989|
|Marilyn Bell I||
|William Lyon Mackenzie|
|Charles A. Reed|
|Ned Hanlan II||
|M. R. Kane||
- Wickson, Ted (2002). Reflections of Toronto Harbour. Toronto, Ontario: Toronto Port Authority. ISBN 0973000201.
- Transportation in Canada 2008 (PDF). Transport Canada. p. A106.
- "2004-2005 Annual Report on Port Divestiture and Operations". Transport Canada. January 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-02.
- "Shipping in Canada, 2003" (PDF). Statistics Canada. May 2005. Retrieved 2006-08-02.
- Wickson, pg. 30
- Wickson, pg. 21
- Wickson, pg. 23
- Wickson, pg. 24
- Wickson, pg. 26
- Wickson, pg. 27
- Wickson, pg. 25
- Wickson, pp. 27-28
- Wickson, pp. 28-29
- Wickson, pg. 35
- Wickson, pg. 36
- Baker, Alden (May 18, 1972). "Ottawa to dredge wider Eastern Gap". Toronto Globe and Mail. p. 5.
- Baker, Alden (August 18, 1970). "Endless problems in production of a waterfront plan for Toronto". Toronto Globe and Mail. p. 4.
- democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle
- Amy Pataki (2012-08-03). "What's the food like aboard three Toronto harbour cruise ships?". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
I’m aboard the Jubilee Queen, a faux showboat with a full complement of passengers drawn from the GTA and beyond.
|Half Moon Bay
|Ashbridge's Bay and Coatsworth Cut
Toronto Outer Harbour