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Toronto Ferry Company
The Toronto Ferry Company was formed from the merger of the ''Doty Ferry Company'' with ''A.J. Tymon's Island Ferry Company'', two of Toronto's early ferry operators to Toronto Islands in 1890. TFC was founded and headed by businessman Lol Solman. The company's ferry license and ships were later acquired by the Toronto Transportation Commission in 1927. On March 17th, 2021 The Toronto Ferry Company Inc was registered under the Ontario Business Corporations Act to Michael A. McLaughlin. A.J. Tymon's Island Ferry Company Captain Andrew J. Tymon (1844-?) operated a number ferries from 1880 until the formation of his own service in the mid-1880s. It later merged with John Doty's (1822-1902) Ferry Company to form TFC in 1892. Vessels included: * S.S. ''Arlington'' * S.S. ''Prince of Wales'' * S.S. ''Jessie L. McEdwards'' (1882) * S.S. ''Theresa'' (burned 1885) * S.S. ''Gertrude'' * S.S. ''Island Queen'' * S.S. ''Truant'' * S.S. ''Kathleen'' His son Joseph Tymon (b. 1873) would beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto HanlanHotel 1885to1895
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
