Sam McBride (ferry)

Sam McBride at Centre Island dock in 2009
History
Name: Sam McBride
Namesake: Sam McBride, 41st Mayor of Toronto
Owner: City of Toronto
Operator: Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division
Port of registry: Toronto,  Canada
Builder: Toronto Drydock Co. Ltd.
In service: 1939
General characteristics
Capacity: 736 passengers

Sam McBride is a Toronto Island ferry operated by the Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division of the City of Toronto.[1] The ferry serves the Toronto Islands from a dock at Jack Layton Ferry Terminal in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The ferry was commissioned in 1939, built by Toronto Dry Dock Ltd.[2][3] Her namesake was a former Alderman and Mayor, who had been the founding chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission. In October 2012, Toronto City Council decided that funds should be set aside to replace Sam McBride and her two fleet-mates, Thomas Rennie and William Inglis with new vessels.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Larry Partridge (March 1976). "Toronto Island Ferry History: The Modern Fleet: 1935 - 1960". Retrieved March 14, 2003.
  2. ↑ Know Your Ships 2017. Marine Publishing Co. Inc. 2017. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-891849-22-0.
  3. ↑ Chris Bateman (October 7, 2012). "Explaining Enwave, Ford's Jarvis figures, Island ferry names, and classic council clashes". BlogTO. Retrieved April 30, 2015. Christened after a former Toronto mayor and alderman, a long-time Island resident, founder of the TTC, and the first head of council to die in office.
  4. ↑ Niamh Scallan (October 1, 2012). "Toronto's aging island ferries headed for retirement". Toronto: Toronto Star. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2015. After spending $5 million for ferry upgrades that had unintended negative consequences, Toronto’s cash-strapped parks department is now planning to put aside money to replace the aging fleet altogether.
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