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In this video I shared my Saturday June 19th experience of paddling a loop around the Toronto Islands. Using my bike trailer, I towed my kayak down to Trillium Park (Ontario Place). From the nice floating dock I got in the kayak and paddled south and around the Billy Bishop Airport's restricted area to reach Hanlan's Point Beach. I continued south to Gibraltar Point, then followed the southern shore in the east direction passing Centre Island Beach and the Centre Island Pier. As I paddled along next to the Lakeshore Ave boardwalk and break wall, I saw the Mandarin bulk carrier lake freighter ship emerging from the western channel. This boat was leaving the inner Toronto harbour after dropping off a load of raw sugar at the Redpath sugar plant on Front St. When I reached Ward's Island beach I rounded the corner and passed through the western channel. In the inner harbour I followed the northern short of Centre Island to Algonquin Island, home of the Queen City Yacht Club (QCYC). After stopping for a lunch break on Snake Island, I continued west past the Royal Canadian Yacht Club (RCYC) and Olympic Island. I then paddled past Middle Island and Mugg Island, home of the Island Yacht Club before reaching Centre Island again at the Hanlan's Point Ferry dock. I then paddled around the airport's low flying zone and into the eastern channel. The last portion of paddling was much more choppy, but I eventually made it back to Ontario Place. My total paddling distance was 16.0km.
Strava for this adventure: / strava
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My kayak is a 1999 Dagger Redline (whitewater). I filmed this video using a Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphone.
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