Visiting Centre Island in Toronto with Our Out of Town Friends

Living in Toronto, Canada's largest city, we often receive a few visitors from out of town.

The CN Tower and Roger Centre as seen from the ferry to Central Island, Toronto, Canada

Recently we hosted a couple from British Columbia for a week and took them around to see a few places.

One of my favourite places we often take our out of town guests  to visit is Centre Island, where we could easily spend a whole day and the experience is always enjoyable for everyone.

To avoid the traffic congestion in downtown Toronto, we parked our car at the subway station closest to our house and took the public transit to the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal.

I haven't  been to the ferry terminal for a little while. We discovered some nice artwork at the terminal.

Mosaic murals at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal, Toronto

The statue  of Jack Layton at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal, Toronto

We saw mosaic murals depicting the various things representing Toronto as well as a life size sculpture of Jack on his bicycle.

We took time to remember Jack Layton, a Canadian beloved politician who passed away during his time as the Leader of the Federal New Democratic Party.

A short and breezy ferry ride to the islands.

The ferry ride was a short one to Centre Island.

The ferry took us to Centre Island, one of the three islands.

Centre Island was closed for a period of time last year due to damages done by the flood.

It was good to see Centre Island open for business this year.

Many things seemed to be back to
normal. 

The kids' rides were operating as before.

I was happy to see the Canoe Ride  operating in full capacity!

The Canoe Ride was our sons most favourite ride on the island as we all screamed and got wet when the canoe plunged down at the end.

There were many visitors to the islands that day and numerous were riding around the island.

We wished we could have rented one of those rental vehicles but the lineups were too long.

We had set aside a day for this excursion to explore the island with our friends.

We took our time to hike leisurely and enjoy the activities.

Centre Island is also home to the Royal Canadian Yacht Club.

Another thing we enjoyed doing was snacking on the island.

The Rectory Cafe used to be a small place offering coffee/ tea and cookies. We always stop at this cafe  whenever we visit the island.

Now, it has been transformed into a much nicer place with better furnishings.

















There was a much improved menu as well and we enjoyed our healthy snacks there!

We could take a break, rest, eat without feeling guilty!

Taking a break at the Rectory Cafe on Centre Island, Toronto

We had a very pleasant day on the island and our friends totally enjoyed themselves too!










R.T.
Centre Island
Toronto
Week of May 21, 2018