The Crombie Cruise Audio Tour

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Myseum’s “Maiden Voyage” disembarking from Queen’s Quay
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History of the Central Waterfront

Toronto’s Waterfront has significantly expanded over the years. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the “downtown” shoreline was actually on Esplanade St., on the southern edge of the train tracks.
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The Terminal Building

The Terminal Building on the Toronto Waterfront (Image Source: City of Toronto Archives).

Rogers Centre

The Rogers Centre (Image Source: Priam Thomas)

The Waterfront: Early 20th Century

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Item consists of one photograph. Dominion Shipbuilding was located between Spadina Avenue and the Western Gap.
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Toronto Music Garden

The Toronto Music Garden (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons).

Ireland Park

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Ireland Park serves as a tribute to the Irish immigrants who escaped famine and sought a better life in Toronto. (Image Source: City of Toronto Archives)

Billy Bishop International Airport

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Just north of Billy Bishop International airport, a tunnel now connects the mainland to the island.
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Little Norway

Dominion Shipbuilding, whose craft is pictured here, was located between Spadina Avenue and the Western Gap. Little Norway served as a base for Norwegian forces during the first half of the 20th century.
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Tip Top Tailors

As the former headquarters of Tip Top tailors, the waterfront building is now a residential building.
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Indigenous History of The Waterfront

Fort Rouille, a French trading post, was set up to establish a trading network on the Great Lakes and the Humber River.(Image Source: City of Toronto Archives)

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Ontario Place

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The Story of Marilyn Bell

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Ladies Softball in Parkdale

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The Boulevard on Sunnyside

Creator: Alfred J. Pearson
Date: September 26, 1928
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Grenadier Pond

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Sunnyside Park

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Etobicoke Waterfront

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Item consists of one photograph. The building at far right is the Parkdale Canoe Club, destroyed by fire in 1913. (Image Source: City of Toronto Archives)

About David Crombie

After leaving his MP seat in 1988, David Crombie was appointed by the Government of Canada to head up the Royal Commission on the Future of the Toronto Waterfront. From 1992 to 1995, David Crombie headed the Waterfront Regeneration Trust Agency, established by the Province of Ontario to implement the 81 recommendations in the Commission’s final report. In 1999, David Crombie founded the Waterfront Regeneration Trust Corporation, a charity continuing the work of the Agency, with a focus on the completion, expansion and promotion of the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail as catalyst for waterfront revitalization.