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Captain John's Harbour Boat Restaurant (incorporated as 1518756 Ontario Inc.) was a restaurant and banquet hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.For most of its existence it was located in the MS Jadran, a former Adriatic passenger ship that was permanently docked at the foot of Yonge Street at 1 Queens Quay West on Toronto's waterfront.
1970 – Captain John's Harbour Boat Restaurant, a restaurant on board the MS Normac in Toronto harbour opens; 1971 – Ontario Place opens, on man-made islands to the west of the Toronto Islands; 1972 – Harbourfront Centre is established by the Federal Government; 1988 – Royal Commission set-up to formulate a plan for Toronto's harbour
Harbourfront is the site of the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal which provides transportation services to the Toronto Islands from the foot of Bay Street. Captain John's Harbour Boat Restaurant was also a ship moored at the Yonge Street slip and removed in 2015. Toronto Maritime Museum was relocated from Exhibition Place in 1997, but closed in 2003.
Don Alfonso 1890 is the sister location to the two Michelin-starred restaurant of the same name on the Amalfi coast. [1] The Toronto location initially opened in 2018 in the historic Consumer's Gas Building located in the Financial District, Toronto of Downtown Toronto , led by Chef Saverio Macri.
It is located on Algonquin Island in the Toronto Islands, and has been a part of Toronto's sailing community since it was founded in 1889. Toronto at the time was known as the "Queen City of the Lake". The original clubhouse was located on the city side of Toronto Harbour, at the foot of York Street.
The Leslie Street Spit extends south from the Port lands and forms an outer harbour, sheltering a bird sanctuary and two boating marinas in the outer harbour. The south-western corner of the Port Lands is home to Cherry Beach, parkland similar to the Toronto Islands but surrounded by a mostly vacant, industrial setting.
The original M/V Miss Toronto began operating in the Inner Toronto Harbour in 1955. Since then three successive ships have carried the name. Since then three successive ships have carried the name. The current ship was built in British Columbia and is the first Miss Toronto to be constructed entirely out of aluminum.
The site was a former water lot land-filled by the Toronto Harbour Commission and was sold at $55,000 per acre. [10] It was supported by 10,000 wooden piles driven 10 metres (33 ft) through landfill to the bedrock of Toronto Harbour. [6] 500 workers were employed in its construction. [11]