Gibralter Point Lighthouse is the oldest existing lighthouse on the Great Lakes. Construction on the lighthouse started in 1803, and was completed for operation in 1808. Located on the Toronto Islands, the lighthouse has a certain notoriety for being haunted. Its first keeper, John Paul Radelmüller, was murdered on January 2nd, 1815 - supposedly by drunker soldiers from Fort York. His body was never found, though some claim to have witnessed his apparition, and heard his moaning ghost.
Along the Shore examines the Toronto waterfront, past and present, through the lens of four lakefront communities and districts — the Scarborough shore (including the Bluffs), the Beach, the Island, and the Lakeshore (New Toronto, Mimico, Humber Bay, and Long Branch). Each retains a direct and immediate connection with Lake Ontario and the natural world.
Mike Filey’s column “The Way We Were” first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973. Now, almost four decades later, Filey’s column has enjoyed an uninterrupted stretch as one of the newspaper’s most widely read features. In 1992 a number of his columns were reprinted in Toronto Sketches: “The Way We Were.” Since then another nine volumes have been published, each of which has attained great success.
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Welcome to the historic Toronto Islands: North America's largest urban car-free community. This interconnected string of islands offers unique views of Toronto skylines, a throwback to an older era of recreation and resort life, and plenty of green space to take in.
