Ongiara
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The Ongiara is a Toronto Island ferry operated by the Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division of the City of Toronto government. The ferry serves the Toronto Islands from a dock at Jack Layton Ferry Terminal in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was built in 1963.
History
The only car ferry operated by the City of Toronto (all others are owned by Ports Toronto) was built in Owen Sound, Ontario by Russel Brothers[1] and commissioned in 1963 and carries both passengers (220) and vehicles (10 cars or 8 trucks). The latter is for City-owned vehicles that need to access the island.[2]
Her namesake is believed to be from the Mohawk word Ongiara, for point of land cut into two.[2] Ongiara was also the name of a former street on the Toronto Islands.
Operations
The car ferry operates from the mainland ferry terminal over to Hanlan's Point and Wards Island terminals. The Ongiara is the only ferry that operates year-round.[3] She is capable of traveling through very light ice, but relies on the city's fireboat, the William Lyon Mackenzie, to break a path, when the ice grows thicker.
The only time the ferry did not carry passengers was during the 2010 G20 summit.[4]
Specifications
Details from Transport Canada[5]
| Gross Tonnage: | 180 tons |
| Net Tonnage: | 122.05 tons |
| Length: | 20.42 metres |
| Breadth: | 11 metres |
| Depth: | 2.65 metres |
| Self-Propelled Power: | 390 hp twin diesel |
| Speed: | 10 knots |
See also
References
- ↑ Briggs, Dr. Steve. "RUSSEL BROTHERS Ltd. Steelcraft winch boat and warping tug builders from Owen Sound, Ontario.". http://www.russelbrothers.ca/xongiara.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Filey, Mike (31 March 2014). Trillium and Toronto Island: The Centennial Edition. Dundurn. ISBN 9781770705500. https://books.google.com/books?id=J-bOXkRHoOUC&q=toronto+ferry+boat+Onigara&pg=PA26.
- ↑ Shawn Micallef (2022-02-05). "New electric ferries could have given Toronto Island a boost. But someone should pull the plug on these boats". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2022-02-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20220205123948/https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2022/02/05/new-electric-ferries-could-have-given-toronto-island-a-boost-but-someone-should-pull-the-plug-on-these-63m-boats.html. Retrieved 2022-02-06. "The very old timey but beloved ferries are berthed for the winter, so it’s the Ongiara, the automobile ferry serving Hanlan’s Point in the summer, that runs year around. It isn’t young either, launched from an Owen Sound shipbuilder in 1963."
- ↑ https://info.publicintelligence.net/G20_ISU_background.pdf
- ↑ Security, Transport Canada - Marine Safety and. "Marine Medical Examiners". http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/4/vrqs-srib/eng/vessel-registrations/details/318766.
