Toronto Islands: A little country in a city centre

Toronto Islands: A little country in a city centre

Toronto Islands: A little country in a city centre
Provenance: From the collection of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: Newspaper: from an original copy of the Toronto Star
Date of document 1980(?) Date Clip
Article by: Leon Whiteson, Toronto Star and Author

Islander turned part of Ned Hanlan’s bed into cabinet

Islander turned part of Ned Hanlan’s bed into cabinet

Islander turned part of Ned Hanlan’s bed into cabinetProvenance: From the collection of Ted English
Digitized by Ted English
Document: From an original copy of the Globe and Mail
Date of document: 01-31-1974
By-line: None
Photography: Jack Dobson, Globe and Mail

Hanlan bed.pdf

Only Forty Families Remain

Only Forty Families Remain

Only Forty Families RemainProvenance: From the collection of Ted English
Digitized by Ted English
Document: From a scan of an original copy of an article from the Toronto Globe and Mail.
provided by Mike Filey, Toronto Sun
Date of Document: March 25, 1959
By-line: Albert Warson

Only Forty Families Remain.pdf

Durnan Is An Easy Winner

Durnan Is An Easy Winner

Durnan Is An Easy WinnerProvenance: From the collection of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: Newspaper. From an original copy of the Telegram. The
image was formerly the property of Bill Durnan
Date of document: 07-12-1912
By-line: None

Durnan Is An Easy Winner.pdf

Toronto Islands taste fall’s serenity

Toronto Islands taste fall’s serenity

Toronto Islands taste fall’s serenityProvenance: From the collection of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: Newspaper. From an original copy of the Toronto Star
Date of Document: Not known – "date clip"
By-line: Dana Flavelle, Toronto Star
Photography by: Boris Spremo

Toronto Islands taste fall’s serenity.pdf

The Lighthouse On The Island

The Lighthouse On The Island

The Lighthouse On The IslandProvenance: From the collection of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: Book: Scanned from an original 1908 edition of
"Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto" ., Chapter LXXV,
"The Lighthouse On The Island,", Pages 362-391
Date of Document: 1908
Author: John Ross Robertson
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Island Airport Bridge Up In The Air

Island Airport Bridge Up In The Air

Island Airport Bridge Up In The AirProvenance: From the collection of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: Newspaper. From an original column from The Sunday Sun
Date of document: 12-17-2000
Columnist: Mike Filey – "The Way We Were"

Island Airport Bridge Up In The Air.pdf

Winter On The Island – 1912

Winter On The Island – 1912

Winter On The Island – 1912
Provenance: From the collection of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: Newspaper From a fragile original newspaper of 1912
Name of newspaper not yet determined..Article title to be
corrected to actual title when complete copy of newspaper is
. located at Library archives
Date of document: 02-03-1912

By-line: None

Metro Plan Bewildering To Residents On Toronto Island

Metro Plan Bewildering To Residents On Toronto Island

Metro Plan Bewildering To Residents On Toronto IslandProvenance: From the collection of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: Newspaper. Page 53: From an article from an original
copy of the Toronto Daily Star; Page 54 contnuation
from the Star’s digital archives
Date of document: 10-02-1958
By-line: None

Metro Plan Bewildering.pdf

The Ghosts That Walk Toronto Island

The Ghosts That Walk Toronto Island

The Ghosts That Walk Toronto IslandProvenance: From the collection of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: Newspaper. From a copy of the Toronto Telegram
with inscribed notation from Gardiner Wines of Algonquin
Island, the original contributor of this article.
Date of article: 05-22-1962
By-line: Martha Moore

Mary Ann Hanlan – Obituary

Mary Ann Hanlan – Obituary

Mary Ann Hanlan – Obituary (1939)
Provenance: From the collection of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: Newspaper. From an original copy of the article from
the Globe and Mail
Date of Document: 08-19-1939

Mary Ann Hanlan - Obituary (1939)


Miss Mary Hanlan Dies Severing Island Link
Miss Mary Ann Hanlan, sister of Ned Hanlan, one-time world champion oarsman, died yesterday in a Toronto nursing home, in her ninety-sixth year. The Hanlan family as pioneers settled on Hanlan’s Point, Toronto Island.
Miss Hanlan was born at Kingston, the daughter of John and Mary Ann Gibbs Hanlan. When she was 12, her father, a shipbuilder, received a commission to repair a schooner at Toronto. Accompanied by his wife and two daughters, John Hanlan sailed to Toronto in his own boat, which for some time provided living quarters.
During a gale one night the Hanlan boat slipped its moorings at Cherry Street and drifted across the bay to a sandy point on the Island. The site appealed to the shipbuilder and his family and they settled there permanently.
Ned Hanlan and his brother John were born shortly after. When John was 4 years old their mother died, and it became Miss Hanlan’s task to care for the two brothers and the sister, Emily, who eventually became the mother of Eddie Durnan, the famous sculler.
Although more than thirty years ago Miss Hanlan moved to the mainland, living for many years on Huron Street, she never lost her interest in the old homestead at Hanlan’s Point. The trees which today give shade and beauty to Hanlan’s Point were like old friends. Miss Hanlan, her sister and her two brothers planted in the sand many of the seedlings which later became stalwart trees.
Until stricken with illness two years ago Miss Hanlan had been an active church worker, and for many years was a member of Queen Street United Church. She was also an ardent supporter of the W.C.T.U.