| Trillium and Toronto Island Centennial Edition Contributor(s): Filey, Mike (Author) |
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ISBN: 1554887372 ISBN-13: 9781554887378 Publisher: Dundurn Group OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - History |
| Dewey: 386.609 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 8.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - Ontario - Locality - Toronto, Ontario - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Great Lakes |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The year was 1910 and signs of progress were in the air. That June, a new steam ferry for the Toronto Island Company was launched and christened the Trillium. Only briefly mentioned in the local dailies at the time, the double-end, side-padded island ferry cruised the waters of Toronto Bay for nearly fifty years. After forty-six years of service, the Trillium retired in 1956, only to be saved from the scrap yard in 1973. The Trillium made its second debut in 1976 as a fully operational steam ferry and is still in service today. As the Trillium reaches the century mark, Mike Filey revisits the history of this fascinating Canadian ship. With a new preface and updated photographs, including some in colour. Filey traces Trillium's remarkable rise, fall, and rebirth in a book that honours one of Toronto's most interesting treasures. |
Contributor Bio(s): Filey, Mike: - Mike Filey was born in Toronto in 1941. He has written more than two dozen books on various facets of Toronto's past and for more than thirty-five years has contributed a popular column, "The Way We Were," to the Toronto Sunday Sun. His Toronto Sketches series is more popular now than ever before. |