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The Inner Harbour is used by pleasure boats and commercial vessels. The Port of Toronto is operated by PortsToronto and is located on the eastern shore of the harbour. The port consists of cargo facilities and the International Marine Passenger Terminal, a passenger ship dock on the eastern shore.
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The park is built on quays once used by ships berthing in Toronto's Inner Harbour. The park consists of two sections: H T O Park West is built on the eastern half of Maple Leaf Quay; H T O Park East is built on the old Peter Street Slip; The two quays are concrete man-made infill during the 1920s with the project completed by 1929.
Leslie Street Spit is a man-made headland that extends south, forming Toronto's Outer Harbour. The area along the south shore of the Port Lands has become mostly recreational. The Leslie Street Spit extends south from the Port lands and forms an outer harbour, sheltering a bird sanctuary and two boating marinas in the outer harbour.
Queens Quay is a prominent street in the Harbourfront neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] The street was originally commercial in nature due to the many working piers along the waterfront; parts of it have been extensively rebuilt in since the 1970s with parks, condominiums, retail, as well as institutional and cultural development.
The channel to the east (left) of Ward's Island is the Eastern Channel, one of two access points to Toronto's Inner Harbour. The area of the Islands is about 820 acres (330 ha). [35] The largest, outermost island, called Centre Island, [36] is crescent-shaped and forms the shoreline of both the Eastern and Western Channels.
South of this, on two large projections separated by a ship canal, is the still-operating portion of Toronto Harbour which includes docking facilities for both freight and cruise ships. The Toronto Islands, a chain of small natural islands, form the southern border of the Inner Harbour. Most of the islands are today parkland, with a handful of ...
In 1911, the Toronto Harbour Commission was founded and from 1912 to 1925, the Toronto Harbour Commission, now PortsToronto, revealed a large overall plan for the Toronto waterfront. The plan saw the clearing of old piers, the filling of waterlots and the Port Lands area, where the current Port of Toronto of is located.