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The Toronto Island History Project aims to bring together & digitize, as much as possible, the extant files, libraries and collections relating to the Toronto Islands.

The latest material appears in the Blog or in Projects.As more assembles, these will be grouped under the “Collections” menu. Full text Search should work!

For any questions/suggestions, contact Eric Zhelka or Eric Light via email below. If you wish to contribute (and we’re counting on you), please email your files, photos, videos, digital material to: [email protected]
News from the Archives

View the first completed project of Toronto Island History: all editions of the Newsletters from the Algonquin Island Archives – published by Albert Fulton from 1992 until 2008.

Have you archival material to contribute? Please email whatever you have to: [email protected]For any questions, contact Eric Zhelka or Eric Light via the email below.
Toronto Island Postcards

Through the lens of Postcards and other images, many from private collections, view a visual social history of the Toronto Island.

Have you any postcards or images to share? Please email your files, photos, videos, digital material to: [email protected]For any questions, contact Eric Zhelka or Eric Light via the email below.

The latest from the Blog

The closest thing to news & views showcased here.

Children of the Island

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Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation: Toronto Purchase / Treaty 13, 1805 & 2010

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Brief History of Manitou Road, Centre Island

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Radelmüller, Gibraltar Point Lighthouse Keeper: New Light on Toronto’s Oldest Cold Case

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203 years ago, Toronto lighthouse-keeper disappeared

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Island Flavours – Personal Recipes from the Homes of Toronto Islanders

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Metro parks policy shifts – but heat still on Islanders

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Island’s Last Businessman-Ken Sinclair

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English’s Boathouse, Centre Island, Heritage Toronto Unveiling of Historic Plaque

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Take a look at the latest Project postings!

The three most recent postings added in Projects showcased here.

Island Public School Class Photos

Picture Postcards

News from the Archives v01-1

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