Paddling — Flatwater.
A thirteen-minute ferry from the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal puts a paddle on the Toronto Islands inner lagoons — the sheltered network between Centre Island, Ward's Island, and Algonquin Island. On the west end of the city, the Lower Humber River carries roughly 6 kilometres of flatwater between the Old Mill area and Lake Ontario through the Humber Marshes, one of the major Lake Ontario river-mouth wetlands.
The brief.
The Toronto Islands lagoons are sheltered from open-lake wind by the islands themselves and offer car-free flatwater paddling minutes from downtown by ferry; rentals are available at Centre Island and Ward's. The Lower Humber River paddle (Old Mill to Lake Ontario) is flatwater through the Humber Marshes — a major Lake Ontario river-mouth wetland.
The Humber Bay Park boat launch at 225 Humber Bay Park Road West (Etobicoke side) is a free public ramp for sheltered Humber Bay paddling between the Humber River mouth and the Lake Ontario waterfront. Open-lake Lake Ontario conditions outside the Islands and Humber Bay are wind-exposed and dominated by harbour and ferry traffic — stay inside sheltered water.
3. places.
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Toronto Islands inner lagoons
Sheltered network of lagoons between Centre Island, Ward's Island, and Algonquin Island for canoe / kayak / SUP; rentals on Centre Island and Ward's.
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Lower Humber River (Old Mill to Lake Ontario)
~6 km flatwater stretch through the Humber Marshes; canoe / kayak / SUP.
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Humber Bay (Humber Bay Park boat launch)
Sheltered Lake Ontario bay paddling from the free launch at 225 Humber Bay Park Road West; routes east to the Humber River mouth or along the waterfront.
Today's read.
Temperature (5.9°C) below the typical range.