Toronto Island Ferry - Fleet

Fleet

  • Toronto Island ferry Sam McBride

  • Toronto Island ferry Thomas Rennie

  • A hundred years old, the paddle ferry Trillium shares the harbour with a sailing ship

  • Thomas Rennie in service

  • Maple City, an airport ferry now used in reserve for TCCA1

List of ferries
Vessel BuilderA OperatorB Acquired Retired Capacity TypeC Notes
Luella WAC, JDE TuF, TFC, TTC 1880 1934 122 passengers SESD paddle steamer Accidentally scrapped 1934.
Mayflower BSW JDE, TFC, TTC 1890 1938 900–1,000 passengers DEDD paddle steamer After retirement converted into a barge. Sister ship to Primrose.
Primrose BSW JDE, TFC, TTC 1890 1938 900–1,000 passengers DEDD paddle steamer After retirement converted into a barge. Sister ship to Mayflower.
Ned Hanlan TDC TFC, TTC, MPR 1902 1966 Harbour tug Rebuilt in 1932. Used to provide winter ferry service for island residents. Named for local rowing legend Ned Hanlan, brother-in-law of Lawrence Solman, owner of the Toronto Ferry Company. Now displayed beside Stanley Barracks at the Canadian National Exhibition.
Bluebell PIW TFC, TTC 1906 1955 1,450 passengers DEDD paddle steamer Retired 1955 and stripped down and stored next to Island Water Filtration Plant in 1976, hull used as breakwall at Tommy Thompson Park near the Eastern Gap. Sister ship of Trillium.
Trillium PIW TFC, TTC, MPC, TPR 1910 (1957), active Originally 1,450; reduced to 955 DEDD paddle steamer Sister ship to the Bluebell. Retired in 1957 and used by Metro Toronto Works Department as a garbage scow (barge), but re-entered service in 1976 after being refurbished. Sister ship of Bluebell.
Miss York TFC, TTC 1918 1929 Burned 1929?
Miss Simcoe TFC, TTC 1918 1929 Possibly named for Elizabeth Simcoe, the wife of John Graves Simcoe. Burned 1929.
Clark Bros. TFC, TTC 1890 1927 Named for Tom (T.J.) Clark; burned in 1930 at Sunnyside Park.
John Hanlan Abbey TFC, TTC 1918 1927 Named for Toronto Island hotel keeper John Hanlan, father of Ned Hanlan and father-in-law of Lawrence Solman, owner of the Toronto Ferry Company; burned 1929.
T.J. Clark CL & PIW TFC, TTC, MPR 1911 1930 Wooden screw ferry Named for Tom "T.J." Clark, co-operator of wooden screw ferry that began service in 1890. Operated as ferry from 1911 to 1927; sold to City of Toronto and operator by the TTC. Decommissioned 1959 and sold to Toronto Drydock Company Ltd.; scrapped by 1961.
Alymer TFC, TTC 1918 1929
Buttercup TFC, TTC 1918 1929
Jasmine TFC, TTC 1918 1929 Renamed Ojiboway. Burned 1929.
William Inglis TDC & JIC TTC, MPC, TPR 1935 active 400 passengers DEDD diesel screw Named after William Inglis, head of local appliance manufacturer John Inglis and Sons.
Sam McBride TDC & JIC TTC, MPC, TPR 1939 active 1,000 passengers - reduced to 524 and then to 736 due to upgrades to bulkhead and engines in 2011 DEDD diesel screw Named after former Toronto Mayor and alderman Sam McBride.
Thomas Rennie TDC & JIC TTC, MPC, TPR 1951 active 1,000 passengers - reduced to 524 and then to 736 due to upgrades to bulkhead and engines in 2011 DEDD diesel screw Named after former Toronto Harbour Commissioner Thomas Rennie.
Ongiara RB TTC, MPC, TPR 1960 active 220 passengers, 10 cars or 8 trucks DESD diesel screw Used to provide winter service and to carry service vehicles. Repowered in November 2006.
Maple City TPA 1964 active 40 passengers and 6 cars DESD diesel screw Operates to the island airport.
Windmill Point KS TPA 1954 active 207 passengers DESD diesel Based out of Amherstburg, Ontario, it operates to the island airport when Maple City is out of service. Purchased by the Toronto Harbour Commission in 1985 and stored at Keating Channel when not in service.
David Hornell, formerly TCCA1 HMP TPA 2006 active DEDD diesel Operates to the island airport. Original name was an acronym of Toronto City Centre Airport 1.
Marilyn Bell 1, formerly TCCA2 HMP TPA 2009 active Operates to the island airport. Original name was an acronym of Toronto City Centre Airport 2.

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