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At least seven '''[[Fireboat]]s of Toronto''' have helped protect the city's waterfront and maritime commerce. | At least seven '''[[Fireboat]]s of Toronto''' have helped protect the city's waterfront and maritime commerce. | ||
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At least seven Fireboats of Toronto have helped protect the city's waterfront and maritime commerce.
T.J. Clark | ![]() |
1911-1923 | |
Nellie Bly | ![]() |
1906-1909 | Steam tug provided fire protection on Toronto Islands.[2] |
Charles A. Reed | ![]() |
1923-? |
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William Lyon Mackenzie | 1963–present | ||
Sora | ![]() |
2005–2015 |
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William Thornton | ![]() |
October 2015–present |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ship of the Month No. 35 T. J. Clark, Maritime History of the Great Lakes. “"T. J." was fitted with fire fighting equipment and she served, in addition to her regular duties, as harbour and island fireboat until 1923 when the Toronto Fire Department took delivery of its own vessel, the wooden pumper CITY OF TORONTO T. F. D., soon renamed CHARLES A. REED.”
- ↑ https://www1.toronto.ca/city_of_toronto/fire_services/fire_station_locations/files/pdf/334-information.pdf
- ↑ David Rider. Toronto fireboat to be named after fallen firefighter, Toronto Star, 2015-06-24. Retrieved on 2015-06-25. “It will replace the Sora, another former Coast Guard vessel obtained by Toronto in 2006.”
- ↑ Toni Vigna. Toronto Fire Services – Fireboat Naming, City of Toronto, 2015-06-09. Retrieved on 2015-06-25. “In November 2014, Toronto Fire Services (TFS) acquired a decommissioned vessel, "Cape Hurd" from the Canadian Coast Guard. The Coast Guard has retained the name. The vessel will replace the current back-up vessel, "Sora", obtained from the Coast Guard in 2006”