Toronto Police are warning that from Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at 12 p.m. to Wednesday December 6, 2017, at 1 a.m. a film shoot will be taking place at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal which will, among other things, simulate panic on a ferry. This will include approximately 25 cast and crew on board the Trillium Ferry and part of the pretend terror includes the setting off of two marine flares into the sky of the Toronto Harbour at approximately 10 p.m. What could go wrong? But the ferry will not be in transit and will not have any public riders on board. The Coast Guard rescue service in Trenton, the Toronto Port Authority and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport have been notified.
TORONTO FERRIES TO BE REPLACED, MAYBE SCRAPPED
Four of the iconic Toronto Island ferries will be replaced by new ones. https://t.co/BqUvGC34wF pic.twitter.com/rIuWiGr911
— CBC Toronto (@CBCToronto) November 15, 2017
The City plans to get rid of, and possibly just scrap, four of Toronto’s friendly ferry boats in the name of speed, it seems. There are no real plans available for what will replace the Sam McBride, Thomas Rennie, William Inglis and Ongiara, but the decison has been made that people have to cross the water faster than they do at present. There are lineups at peak times. The Trillium, which is now 107 years old, will be saved. Some think this scheme is like replacing the San Francisco cable cars with Bombardier dream streetcars. It is said to be coming in about two years. Below is a wonderful picture of the early 20th waterfront where the present day Trilllium, is seen in berth with other ferries of the day.
