| Did you know that there are islands in close | | | | caused by drifts in Lake Ontario. For centuries |
| proximity to Toronto? Yes, there are islands a | | | | they were known as a pleasant place to relax and |
| short ferry ride away from the shoreline of the | | | | Europeans knew them as the Islands of Hiawatha. |
| city. These islands are what is known today as | | | | The bottom of a river is a somewhat unstable |
| Toronto Island Park and it is a popular tourist | | | | place and sandbars drift or erode. The land form |
| attraction when vacationing to this Canadian | | | | went from peninsula to islands largely due to a |
| metropolis called Toronto. This is a place with | | | | storm in 1858 that wiped out a lot of the land |
| walking/bicycle paths, bicycle rentals, an | | | | bridge. In 1956, the City of Toronto designated |
| amusement park, a lighthouse, sports facilities, and | | | | that these islands be developed into a park. |
| beaches. | | | | Dredging projects have been going on since the |
| The Toronto Islands were not always islands but | | | | 1940s to continue to stabilize the land forms and |
| are actually the result of a long sandbar peninsula | | | | prevent erosion of the islands. |