Usually around this time of year, newspapers can generate sure-fire copy by lamenting the crowding and chaos of the island ferry docks. Because this year, of course, visitors to the ferry docks can take their pick of park benches among the pathways and the clusters of seagulls. From the upper deck railing, you could smell the lake and feel its mist in the breeze on your skin, see the trees of the island woods coming into focus as the cries of the children turned to laughter. Summer day camps. There are houses over there, of course, and a school, but for most Torontonians it is a weekend or holiday oasis.

Source: thestar June 02, 2017 23:48 UTC