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In 1933, Michigan legalized horse racing with betting. [12] Michigan officials allowed horse racing on the State Fair Grounds in Detroit – across the Canada–U.S. border from Windsor – at the same time as a planned Kenilworth meet. Orpen applied for relief of racing taxes from the Government of Ontario, but was turned down. [13]
View from a vessel exiting the submerged carriage Big Chute Marine Railway is a patent slip at lock 44 (in the township of Georgian Bay ) of the Trent-Severn Waterway in Ontario , Canada. It works on an inclined plane to carry boats in individual cradles over a change of height of about 60 feet (18 m).
SS Lansdowne was a railroad car ferry built in 1884 by the Wyandotte Shipyard of the Detroit Dry Dock Company. It was used as a steamer from 1884 until 1970 between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, across the Detroit River. At the time of its construction it was the longest ship on the Great Lakes at 312 feet (95 m). [1]
Windsor Racecourse is located on the banks of the River Thames and occupies a large island between the main channel of the River and the Clewer Mill Stream backwater. Although the course is shaped like a figure-of-eight, the full circuit is never used, so in races of 1m, 1m 2f and 1m 3f 99y (the longest distance at Windsor) the runners turn ...
Lawrence, 1921-1934, first auto ferry at Port Huron-Sarnia; City of Sarnia, 1923-1937, sold for scrap 1953, largest ferry could carry 1000 passengers and 42 autos. Blue Water Ferry Company (1946-1957) using converted military landing craft as passenger only ferries and reusing the older ship's names. City of Sarnia; City of Port Huron
The Toronto Island ferries connect the Toronto Islands in Lake Ontario to the mainland of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The main city-operated ferry services carry passengers (all) and commercial vehicles (some) from the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal at the foot of Bay Street to three docks on the islands. Private motor vehicles are not carried.
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (formerly Mosport Park and Mosport International Raceway) is a multi-track motorsport venue located north of Bowmanville, in Ontario, Canada, approximately 75 kilometers (47 miles) east of Toronto. The facility features a 3.957 km (2.459 mi), 10-turn road course; a 2.9 km (1.8 mi) advance driver and race driver ...
Glade Cable Ferry: Crosses the Kootenay River at Tarry's, off BC Highway 3A. M.V. Glade II: Cable: 10 48 3 minutes Western Pacific Marine [8] Harrop Cable Ferry: Crosses the west arm of Kootenay Lake between Longbeach and Harrop, off BC Highway 3A. M.V. Harrop II: Cable: 24 98 5 minutes Western Pacific Marine [9] Kootenay Lake Ferry