@insidertoronto: Join our history club to learn about your city. Go to insidertoronto.ca Toronto's first regular island ferry service, launched in 1833, was a wooden "horse boat" powered by two to five horses walking on a circular deck treadmill connected to side paddle wheels. Crossing the harbor took about 30 to 40 minutes before steam-powered vessels replaced them around 1850. #toronto #torontohistory #islands #ferry #horses

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rhonda.adaoradesigns
Rhonda Adaora Crochet🧶🇨🇦 :
I wonder why they didn’t build a bridge after the peninsula strip washed away?
2026-08-18 22:23:33
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ruth.woodley4
Ruth Woodley :
Very interesting 🤔
2026-08-19 04:10:13
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lairdf
Laird 🇨🇦 :
Taking the ferry used to mean catching a ride across the water, but depending on who you asked in 1950, it meant missing the football game.
2026-08-19 18:32:57
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ghostproducer1
Ghost Producer :
cool business idea.
2026-08-23 23:07:56
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