Toronto Ferry Company
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The Toronto Ferry Company was formed from the merge of John Doty Engine & Ferry Company with A.J. Tymon's Island Ferry Company, two of Toronto's early ferry operators to Toronto Islands in 1890. The company's ferry license and ships was later acquired by the Toronto Transportation Commission in 1927.
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[edit] Docks
- Doty Ferry Company docks at Hanlan's Point
- Bay Street Ferry docks
[edit] Fleet
A list of ships operated by the TFC:
| Make/Model | Description | # passengers | Year acquired | Year retired | Notes |
| * Mayflower - built by Bathurst Street Wharf for John Doty Engine & Ferry Company | ferry | 900-1000 | 1890 | 1938 | Later acquired from the Toronto Ferry Company by E.B. Osler (with acqusition of John Doty Engine & Ferry Company and Tymon's Island Ferry Company |
| Primrose built by Bathurst Street Wharf for John Doty Engine & Ferry Company | ferry | 900-1000 | 1890 | 1938 | sister ship to the Mayflower and later acquired from the Toronto Ferry Company |
| Bluebell - built by Polson Iron Works Limited for Toronto Ferry Company | ferry | N/A | 1906 | 1955 | |
| Trillium 1910-1957 - built by Polson Iron Works Limited for Toronto Ferry Company | ferry | N/A | 1910; 1976 | 1957 | re-enter service 1976 with Metro Parks |
| Luella - built by W. Armour & Company and John Doty Engine Company for Toronto Ferry Company | ferry | 122 | 1882 | 1934 | |
| Sadie - built as St. Jean Baptiste for the Turner Ferry Co. | ferry | 1878 | ? | ||
| Canadian - built for the Turner Ferry Co. | ferry | 1882 | ? | ||
| Prouvette Beyer - built for the Turner Ferry Co. | ferry | 1882 | ? | ||
| Arlington - built for the A.J. Tymon Ferry Co. | ferry | 1882 | ? | ||
| Jessie McEdwards - built for the A.J. Tymon Ferry Co. | ferry | 1882 | ? | ||
| Kathleen - built for the A.J. Tymon Ferry Co. | ferry | 1882 | 1918 | ||
| Getrude - built for the A.J. Tymon Ferry Co. | ferry | 1882 | ? | ||
| Island Queen - built for the A.J. Tymon Ferry Co. | ferry | 1882 | 1918 | ||
| Ned Hanlan - built for the A.J. Tymon Ferry Co. | ferry | 1902 | 1966 | ||
| T.J. Clark | ferry | 1918 | 1960 | ||
| Miss Simcoe | ferry | 1918 | 1929 | ||
| Lady York | ferry | 1918 | 1929 | ||
| Aylmer | ferry | 1918 | 1929 | ||
| Buttercup | ferry | 1918 | 1929 | ||
| Jasmine | ferry | 1918 | 1929 | later renamed Ojibway | |
| Aylmer | ferry | 1918 | 1929 | ||
| Clark Bros. | ferry | 1918 | 1927 | ||
| John Hanlan | ferry | 1918 (1884?) | 1927 |
