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[edit] Album photo

Bruce Cockburn's 1971 album High Winds White Sky features a cover photo of Bruce on Ward's Island after a snow storm in the winter of 1970/1971. Due to the amount of quite interesting trivia on this page I think it fitting that the Bruce Cockburn album cover be included - but understand the need to distance the page from coming off as an advertsing link. Any suggestion as to how the photo can be linked without violation of copyrights and without becoming just an advertising link? [1]

I don't think we can include it, not for the reasons you describe, but because album covers are copyrighted. We use them as fair use images sometimes, but fair use law in the US only applies to direct commentary on the work of art, as far as I can understand. That is, we could use it on a page about the album, but it would be inappropriate to use it on a page about the Toronto Islands. moink 23:48, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] commuter flights out of YTZ airport

I removed it last month, but it's been re-added. I reverted it, since I'm quite sure there's no commuter flight service out of Toronto Island Airport (Toronto City Centre Airport), but I wanted to put this here so future editors know: there really isn't any. - 66.92.73.52 22:30, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

I just checked at matrix.itasoftware.com, and found that there's no flights scheduled until 3 July. I'll find out what that flight on 3 July is, as that might signal a restarting of commercial service at the airport, and warrant an edit of the page around then. - 66.92.73.52 22:33, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images

The article is quite crowded, as everyone and their uncle has added their own snapshots of the Toronto Islands to the article. I will pick out the best ones, move the others over to the Commons, and insert a link to the Toronto Islands Commons gallery. The article will look better, and readers will be able to view a larger selection of images. Skeezix1000 14:25, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Excellent work! Atrian 14:59, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Which is Centre Island?

The article defines Centre Island with the following:

The largest, outermost island, commonly called Centre Island, is crescent-shaped and forms the shoreline of both the Eastern and Western Channels. ... What is commonly called Ward's Island is actually the eastern end of Centre Island.

So according to WP, Centre Island is the outermost of the islands, which effectively shelters the harbour and all the other islands. However many maps mark Centre Island as a smaller island to the north of that, the island on which the Toronto->Centre Island ferry docks, and leave the much bigger outer island un-named.

See the following for example of maps that think Centre Island is the more northerly island:

On the other hand the following map seems to agree with WP:

Can anybody clarify? -- Chris j wood (talk) 15:21, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

  • The largest outer lying island IS Centre Island, oddly named as it is. The smaller island in the centre, used to be known as "Middle Island" but is now called "Centre Island Park." I am sure that is confusing. "Centre Island Park" contains the ferry docks, and the "Centreville Amusement Park." The problem is, nobody ever calls it "Centre Island Park," rather just shorten it to Centre Island. I hope that helps. Flibirigit (talk) 16:19, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hurricane Hazel

I've taken out the line about Hurricane Hazel altering Island topography, since, as far as I can tell, it didn't. Consulting Gibson's book on the Island, a comparison of the community's June 13, 1953 map (p. 238) with the city's official May, 1955 map (p.246) shows no significant changes (the hurricane came through on October 15, 1954). Gibson comments that the Island was less affected by the hurricane than other parts of the city (p. 243). Driftglass (talk) 09:08, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Public access between airport and the rest of islands

This article states there is no public access between airport and the rest of islands. This has been questioned in a discussion on Talk:Toronto Island ferry services. If you can contribute, please do so there. -- Chris j wood (talk) 09:05, 18 April 2008 (UTC)