Red Eye Flight II
A great horned owl sits in a tree on Fourth St. A quick pop of the camera flash turns the pupils red, like an inverted night heron whose eyes are predominantly red.
Bruiser
A large beaver rests on the ice near the RCYC, feeding on branches close to holes kept open in the thick lagoon ice.
Sunshine Love II
A barred owl basks in the sun at the base of the Algonquin Island bridge, one of those Island where-were-you-when moments.
The Loneliness of Being
A barred owl glances downward as a Parks Gator drives by, the most concern it showed for hours as it snoozed in a tree on Algonquin.
Perch on Blue
A barred owl perches in a fir tree at the base of the Algonquin Island bridge, completely unconcerned by the crowd gathered below.
Boardwalk Fur
A mink pauses on the boardwalk breakwall, before heading into the pack ice between the Island and the Spit.
Boys and Their Toys
What to do when winter never ends? How about parasailing on the inner harbour with a snowboard?
The Forming
Waves break against the navigation light at the end of Ward’s beach in -20°C weather, building up layers of ice to form a new version of this previous ice sculpture.
Distant Pier
Ice and waves are driven under a hard westerly wind, looking west towards the Centre Island pier from Ward’s Island beach.
Double Double
A photographer stands on the edge of an ice volcano. A risky place to stand, the edges can have an inconsistent density, and can easily collapse under a human’s weight.
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.
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.
Waiting Shed
Ice-coated branches frame the waiting shed on Ward’s after the ice storm of December 2013.
Algosteel on Ice
The Algosteel arrives in Toronto Harbour, one of the last ships of the season, after the ice storm of December 2013.
Transformer
A transformer, itself clear of ice, is surrounded by ice coated branches after the ice storm of December 2013.
One Winter Evening
William Inglis makes her way through the frozen inner harbour, with the Toronto skyline as backdrop.
Dock Formations
William Inglis sits in dock at Wards Island, the frozen lagoon visible in the foreground.