Lagoon Reports

Climbing ice mountains, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Beach Mountaineering

Islanders go mountaineering on Ward’s beach, giving a sense of scale to the amount of ice built up in just over a day.

Ice covered breakwall, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Inferno

The navigation light on the breakwall at the end of Ward’s beach, coated in ice, points the way to heavy steam coming off of Lake Ontario.

Mallard duck on ice floe, Eastern Gap, Toronto Islands

Duck Floe

A female mallard relaxes on a small ice floe floating in the eastern gap.


Wards beach covered in ice, Wards Island, Toronto Islands

Mars Beach

The sun sets on Ward’s beach, unrecognizable under a thick layer of ice more like a glacier than a freshwater beach.

Frozen breakwall, Wards Island, Toronto Islands

World’s End

Ice covers the breakwall at the end of Ward’s beach during the deep freeze of January 2014.

Freezing eastern gap, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Eastern Horizons

Heavy ice floats in the eastern gap during high winds in January, 2014.


Waiting Shed, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Waiting Shed

Ice-coated branches frame the waiting shed on Ward’s after the ice storm of December 2013.

Second St and Lakeshore Ave, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Second & Lakeshore

Surveying the damage at Second St. and Lakeshore Ave. after the ice storm of December 2013.

Algosteel, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Algosteel on Ice

The Algosteel arrives in Toronto Harbour, one of the last ships of the season, after the ice storm of December 2013.


Pine needles coated in ice, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Needlework II

Evergreen needles are sheathed in ice after the ice storm of December, 2013.

Icey giraffe, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Giraffe

A whimsical giraffe coated in ice after the ice storm of December, 2013.

Transformer surrounded by ice, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Transformer

A transformer, itself clear of ice, is surrounded by ice coated branches after the ice storm of December 2013.


Ice debris on boardwalk, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Boardwalk Mayhem

Ice and tree debris litter the boardwalk after the ice storm of December 2013.

First St and Channel Ave, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

First and Channel

Signs at the intersection of First and Channel, surrounded by broken tree limbs after the ice storm of December 2013.

22 Bayview Ave, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

22 Bayview Ave.

Major tree damage in front of 22 Bayview Ave., after the ice storm of December 2013.


Handcart covered in ice, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Handcart

One of the new handcarts sits coated in ice after the ice storm of December 2013.

Great Willow, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Great Willow

The Great Willow on Ward’s looks a little the worse for wear after the ice storm of December 2013.

Lakeshore Ave, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Lakeshore Ave.

A sign for Lakeshore Ave is almost completely hidden from the street by ice.


10 Lakeshore Ave, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

10 Lakeshore Ave.

10 Lakeshore Ave. is surrounded by ice after the ice storm of December 2013.

32 Bayview Ave, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

32 Bayview Ave.

The corner of Bayview and Third St. appears to lie in ruins after the ice storm of December 2013.

Ferry William Inglis in ice, Inner Harbour, Toronto Islands

One Winter Evening

William Inglis makes her way through the frozen inner harbour, with the Toronto skyline as backdrop.


Ferry William Inglis in ice, Wards Island, Toronto Islands

Dock Formations

William Inglis sits in dock at Wards Island, the frozen lagoon visible in the foreground.

Ferry William Inglis in ice, Inner Harbour, Toronto Islands

Snowtrack

William Inglis makes her way through the frozen inner harbour, now completely covered in snow after a December blizzard.

Ferry William Inglis in ice, Wards Island, Toronto Islands

The Strangest of Sights

William Inglis, navigation lights ablaze, approaches Wards Island through snow, ice, and winter ducks.


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