William Inglis (ferry)

William Inglis

William Inglis 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 1935.[2] She was the first of three ferries built, to replace the ageing ferries the city inherited when it took over ferry operations from private industry.[3] Initially, responsibility for operating a ferry service was assigned to the Toronto Transportation Commission. Her namesake was important Toronto industrialist William Inglis, who headed the John Inglis and Company founded by his father John Inglis. The ferry was built by the John Inglis Company.[4]

In October 2012, Toronto City Council decided that funds should be set aside to replace William Inglis, and her two fleet-mates, Thomas Rennie and Sam McBride, with new vessels.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Larry Partridge (March 1976). "Toronto Island Ferry History: The Modern Fleet: 1935 - 1960". Retrieved March 14, 2003.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Mike Filey (1997). "The TTC Story: The First Seventy-Five Years". Dundurn Press. p. 55. ISBN 9781770700796. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ Know Your Ships 2017. Marine Publishing Co. Inc. 2017. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-891849-22-0.
  5. ↑ 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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