Toronto Discoveries-A Bike Ride to the Toronto Islands
On another gorgeous summer day (July 5, 2008) I hopped on my bike and started pedaling torwards downtown. Every time I cycle through the Don Valley I am amazed that I am in the middle of Canada’s largest city. If it weren’t for the [...]

Toronto Discoveries-A Bike Ride to the Toronto Islands

On another gorgeous summer day (July 5, 2008) I hopped on my bike and started pedaling torwards downtown. Every time I cycle through the Don Valley I am amazed that I am in the middle of Canada’s largest city. If it weren’t for the traffic noise that you can hear from the Don Valley Parkway, you’d think you are in some rural country setting, cycling peacefully in the wooded areas beside the Don River. Past the old Portlands and the eastern part of Harbourfront I started to line up for the ferry to the Toronto Islands. At a cost of $6.00 return a trip to the islands is the perfect weekend getaway from the city. The ferry ride takes barely 15 minutes, and when you get out it’s like being in a different universe. No motorized vehicles are allowed on the island, except for service and emergency vehicles. Away from the concrete, glass and steel of downtown I started cycling through the bucolic greenery of the islands, which incidentally were connected to the mainland until a storm broke the land barrier in 1858. The islands consist of Centre Island as well as of Algonquin, South, Olympic and Muggs Islands. The main entertainment options are an amusement park (Centreville), picnic areas, bicycling, inline skating, walking, canoeing, kayaking and swimming, at the Centre Island, Gibraltar Point, Hanlan’s Point and Ward’s Island Beaches. The Islands are also a popular location for dragon-boating competitions. Toronto’s only clothing optional beach is located a Hanlan’s Point on the west side, and 262 cottage homes can still be found on the eastern part of the islands. In the past the islands featured an amusement park and even a baseball stadium. The City decided to turn the islands into parkland; as a result the majority of the cottages were taken down between 1940 and 1970. The Toronto City Centre Airport is located on the north-western tip of the islands, much to the chagrin of local residents. The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse was constructed in the early 1800s and is one of …

Author: travelandtransitions
Keywords: bicycling biking canada ferry island ontario toronto
Added: July 16, 2008

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Toronto Discoveries-A Bike Ride to the Toronto Islands

On another gorgeous summer day (July 5, 2008) I hopped on my bike and started pedaling torwards downtown. Every time I cycle through the Don Valley I am amazed that I am in the middle of Canada’s largest city. If it weren’t for the traffic noise that you can hear from the Don Valley Parkway, you’d think you are in some rural country setting, cycling peacefully in the wooded areas beside the Don River. Past the old Portlands and the eastern part of Harbourfront I started to line up for the ferry to the Toronto Islands. At a cost of $6.00 return a trip to the islands is the perfect weekend getaway from the city. The ferry ride takes barely 15 minutes, and when you get out it’s like being in a different universe. No motorized vehicles are allowed on the island, except for service and emergency vehicles. Away from the concrete, glass and steel of downtown I started cycling through the bucolic greenery of the islands, which incidentally were connected to the mainland until a storm broke the land barrier in 1858. The islands consist of Centre Island as well as of Algonquin, South, Olympic and Muggs Islands. The main entertainment options are an amusement park (Centreville), picnic areas, bicycling, inline skating, walking, canoeing, kayaking and swimming, at the Centre Island, Gibraltar Point, Hanlan’s Point and Ward’s Island Beaches. The Islands are also a popular location for dragon-boating competitions. Toronto’s only clothing optional beach is located a Hanlan’s Point on the west side, and 262 cottage homes can still be found on the eastern part of the islands. In the past the islands featured an amusement park and even a baseball stadium. The City decided to turn the islands into parkland; as a result the majority of the cottages were taken down between 1940 and 1970. The Toronto City Centre Airport is located on the north-western tip of the islands, much to the chagrin of local residents. The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse was constructed in the early 1800s and is one of …

Author: travelandtransitions
Keywords: bicycling biking canada ferry island ontario toronto
Added: July 16, 2008

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NYTimes.com - Rolling On

NYTimes.com - Having lost the use of his legs at four years old, Joshua George has gone on to become one of the top wheelchair athletes in the world.

Author: thenewyorktimes
Keywords: NYTimes.com NYT The New York Times News Sports Rolling Along Summer Olympics Wheelchair Joshua George
Added: July 16, 2008

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Leon Taylor, Diving - video diary 14

Leon is in Skegness teaching over a thousand kids how to be safe around water as part of the ASA’s ‘Get Safe 4 Summer’ initiative.

Author: teamGBtv
Keywords: association athens beijing boa british diving gb leon medallist olympic olympics silver sport taylor team teamgb
Added: July 16, 2008

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