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The Queensway–Humber Bay, known officially as Stonegate–Queensway, is a neighbourhood in the southwest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the southeast area of the former City of Etobicoke .
Half Moon Bay is the crescent shaped area between Humber Bay, the Western Channel entering Toronto Harbour (from Fort Rouillé to Strachan Avenue). The area was a site of the landing of American troops during the Battle of York on April 27, 1813. Today Half Moon Bay is partially covered by infill along Lake Shore Boulevard and by Ontario Place.
The Queensway was built before the Gardiner Expressway to provide an east–west route for traffic while Lake Shore Boulevard was rerouted to accommodate the Gardiner. The project cost $4.9 million. The project included a streetcar right-of-way in the middle of the Queensway from Parkside Drive to the Humber River. [6]
The first Humber Loop opened on July 26, 1922, along Lake Shore Road east of the Humber River at Jane Street (today's South Kingsway). The loop was the terminus of a streetcar branch line that began at the intersection of Roncesvalles Avenue , King Street and Queen Street, crossed a bridge over the rail corridor and descended downhill through ...
501 Queen (301 Queen during overnight periods) is an east–west Toronto streetcar route in Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It stretches from Neville Park Loop (just west of Victoria Park Avenue) in the east, running along Queen Street and in a reserved right-of-way within the median of the Queensway to Humber Loop in the west.
Humber Heights – Westmount: Etobicoke 6 Toronto Athletic Club: 1894 149 College Street Grange Park: Old Toronto Eastern Gap Lighthouses 1895 19th century lighthouse 2225 Lake Shore Boulevard West (Humber Bay Park West) The Queensway – Humber Bay: Etobicoke F. W. Woolworth Building: 1895 220 Yonge Street Downtown Yonge: Old Toronto W Robert ...
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Between Humber and Exhibition Place, the city, the TTC and Metrolinx would plan a new "Humber Bay Link streetcar line", to be built along Lake Shore Boulevard, branching off The Queensway at Colborne Lodge Drive and running to Exhibition Place. The creation of this enhancement would depend on increases in ridership to justify the construction ...