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 TORONTO ON THE WATER EXHIBIT

DOORS OPEN ON TORONTO'S WATERFRONT

Toronto’s Waterfront played an important role in the development of our city and through out Doors Open on Toronto’s Waterfront, visitors will be able to see and experience the excitement of the Waterfront like never before with a historical journey through Toronto on the Water, a unique photo exhibit in Queen’s Quay Terminal until featuring over 100 archival images displayed publicly for the first time ever.   

The exhibit will launch at Doors Open Toronto on Saturday, May 26 and will remain on display throughout the main level of Queen’s Quay Terminal until Labour Day.  Admission is FREE.

Visitors to the Queen’s Quay Terminal can trace our visually stunning waterfront history through Toronto on the Water, a photo exhibit that features over 100 archival images on loan courtesy of Toronto Star Archives, Toronto Port Authority, City of Toronto Archives and Queen’s Quay Terminal.

Relive memories of Toronto’s vibrant waterfront at Toronto on the Water.  There’s a Diving Horse at Hanlan’s Point in 1907 and demure bathing beauties at Ward’s Island in 1908. Workers dig industrial foundations in 1917 in the seemingly ever-growing Portlands. In 1920, iceboats sit in a frozen bay that is now dominated by the Toronto Harbour Commission. 

Always a sports town, in 1926 baseball fans converge on Maple Leaf Stadium on the Bathurst Street flats. In 1929, the Fairmont Royal York reigned briefly as the highest building on the Toronto skyline. By the 1930s, the new Terminal Warehouse dominates the waterfront. Now Queen’s Quay Terminal, the building with its stately pillars is a virtual ’World Under One Roof’, controlling everything from shipping and warehousing to distribution and merchandising.

For more information visit www.qqterminal.ca or www.waterfrontbia.com.