Waterworld
Floodwaters reflect trees and the skyline after sunset. This is the scene from the middle of Olympic Island, where the water was deep enough to kayak clear across the island. Click image to view larger.
Last Bollard
Derrick barge T.H.C. 50 has completed her work removing the crumbling portion of the eastern gap. This panorama was shot on her last night moored just off of the cove. Click image to view larger.
Seneca Pump Reinstated II
Seneca Ave after sunset during the Flood of 2017 and again in 2018. Click image to view larger.
Community Portrait 2018
The rain came down, the wind howled, but the intrepid crew of the beer garden remained undaunted. It’s already been ten years since the first modern community portrait in 2008, and fives years since the last in 2013, my how time flies. Thanks to all who braved the elements! It looks like the next community […]
Seneca Pump I
Soon their voices will be silenced: the big red pumps have droned on for over a month now, working hard to keep the lake at bay. This pump graces Seneca Ave during a late June twilight. Click image to view larger.
Earth Hour 2016
The camera causes the Toronto skyline to glow deceptively brightly during Earth Hour 2016. While it wasn’t obvious that many people turned out their home lights for the hour, it is the one hour a year where no corporate logos are lit. Besides the CN Tower and Skydome being dark, the CIBC, Scotiabank, TD, Westin, […]
Toronto Iceline 2015
Almost perfect black ice on the inner harbour reflects the Toronto skyline, lit by the incredible blue of a January day. Get out your skates. Click image to view larger.
A Wintery Inglis
Islanders wait to board the William Inglis in a December snowfall. Click image to view larger.
Island Community 2013
Where were you on August 5, 2013? Five years after the last community portrait, Islanders came together for a special panorama marking the 100th anniversary of the Ward’s Island Association. If you couldn’t make it, mark your calendars: the next portrait will be taken on Monday, August 6, 2018. Click image to view larger.
Willow Square 2012
Volunteers and organizers come out to celebrate the unveiling of the magnificent Willow Square mosaic, marking the transition from what was often a garbage transfer station on Wednesdays to an exceptional public space. Thanks guys, the WIA has never looked so lovely.
Harbour Dawn
After going through Hanlan’s and the airport for almost six weeks in 2004 the ice was pretty thick, and the City contracted out one of the largest tugs in the harbour to break up the ice as much as possible. After six weeks of relative silence the crunchy tinkling sound woke me up, in time […]
Conglomeration
Time warp back to 2004, and a sudden cold snap breaks the Ward’s dock hydraulics, trapping the Ongiara in place for several hours. The legendary ingenuity of the Island community came to the fore, assuming that having everyone run from one end of the boat to the other might shift it enough to get free […]
Snow Day
Tractor treads mark the sidewalk at Channel and Fifth St. after so much snow fell in 2008 that farm equipment had to be brought in to help. Click image to view larger.
Internal Light
The small light on the breakwall at the end of Ward’s beach turns into a wonderful ice sculpture after a heavy winter storm. Click image to view larger.
Crossings
Ice sailing under winter clouds on the frozen inner harbour, as the Ongiara sails past. Click image to view larger.
Cool Place To Park
Perching on one of the last intact ice floes of 2004, looking for panoramic photo opportunities. Click image to view larger.
Golden Hour I
Sunrise on the Toronto skyline yields lovely pastel contrasts as seen from Centre Island in this 2011 update to the skyline series. The Port Lands still remain conspicuously absent from the image, but the sky cranes are moving steadily eastward: how many years until this is a historical photograph?
One Foggy Night II
The Toronto skyline floats in the sky, sandwiched between dense cloud and fog, in 2008. Click image to view larger.
Rogue Wave
Andre McConnachie and Marcia Crist’s wonderfully cheeky Rogue Wave waves at the Toronto skyline during Rogue Wave 2007. (Click image to view larger.)
Jimmy Jones Center Ice
Jimmy Jones takes center ice with Leo and Samantha on the legendary black ice of 2005, seen here off the boardwalk and frozen all the way to the spit. Click image to view larger.
Wasp
Doug Guildford’s Wasp floats serenely off of Ward’s Island during a calm Rogue Wave 2007 twilight. (Click panorama to view larger.)