William Inglis (ferry)

The William Inglis

The William Inglis is a Toronto Island Ferry now operated by the Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division of the City of Toronto.[1] She was commissioned in 1935.[2] She was the first of three ferries built, to replace the aging 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 an important Toronto industrialist William Inglis, who headed the John Inglis and Company founded by his father John Inglis.

In October 2012 City Council decided that funds should be set aside to replace the William Inglis, and her two fleet-mates, the Thomas Rennie and the Sam McBride, with modern vessels.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Larry Partridge (March 1976). "Toronto Island Ferry History: The Modern Fleet: 1935 - 1960". Retrieved 2003-03-14.
  2. ↑ Chris Bateman (2012-10-07). "Explaining Enwave, Ford's Jarvis figures, Island ferry names, and classic council clashes". BlogTO. Retrieved 2015-04-30. 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 2014-09-22.
  4. ↑ Niamh Scallan (2012-10-01). "Toronto's aging island ferries headed for retirement". Toronto: Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2015-04-30. 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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