Toronto harbour looking west from about mouth of Don River, 1793
This oil painting is a historical view of the harbour – an 1876 version of the original watercolour by Elizabeth Gwillim Simcoe painted in 1793
Arthur Cox, 1840-1917
1876
Toronto Public Library
Oil on paper
Toronto harbour in 1820, looking east
Gibraltar Point lighthouse on Toronto Island can be seen in the distance on the right.
Sir Peregrine Maitland, 1777-1854
Gift of J. Ross Robertson
1820
Toronto Public Library
Lithograph
Keating Channel, looking east during construction
Unknown
1914?
Toronto Public Library
Public domain
Gelatin silver print
Photograph
View from the Keating Channel looking west toward Cherry Street and the inner harbour
Michael Van Valkenberg Associates
2010
Courtesy of Waterfront Toronto
Computer-aided design rendering
Design ideas for the Gardiner
This design creates creates a series of civic, commercial and residential spaces, overlooking the Gardiner Expressway, that are connected by pedestrian pathways.
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg + Bjarke Ingels Group
2010
Courtesy of Waterfront Toronto
Computer-aided design rendering
New multi-use trail along Queens Quay with streetcar right-of-way visible in background
West 8 + DTAH
2006
Courtesy of Waterfront Toronto
Computer-aided design rendering
Toronto, Simcoe & Huron Railroad Questions which ought to be answered by the Railroad Committee…
George Munro
ca. 1850
Toronto Public Library
Public domain
Ink on paper
Broadside
Plan of esplanade in connection with the Grand Trunk and other railways
Intended esplanade south of Queen, shows harbour
Loftus Turner
1853
Toronto Public Library
Public domain
Colour, tracing linen; 46.5 x 154 cm
Manuscript map
Plan of the Town of York
Unknown
1818
Toronto Public Library
Public domain
Printed map on paper
Proposed Western Channel tunnel and airport
Toronto Harbour Commissioners
1935?
Toronto Public Library
Public domain
Diagram on paper