Toronto Islands
Fifteen car-free islands in Lake Ontario, laced with beaches, gardens and quiet waterfront paths.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Toronto Islands follows Ned Hanlan, a teenager who grew up rowing a boat full of fish across Toronto Harbour before dawn to beat rival fishermen to market. You will hear how that daily grind on the water built the arms and nerve that turned him into the fastest single sculler alive, and about the showman who once lay down in his boat pretending to be beaten before springing up to win. It also traces his family's hotel at what became Hanlan's Point, and the storm that swept their home into the harbour.
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