1.0Spacing Torontohttps://spacing.ca/torontoDylan Reidhttps://spacing.ca/toronto/author/dylan/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZCXmePZ0uT"><a href="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2025/08/22/new-issue-on-the-waterfront/">NEW ISSUE: On the waterfront</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2025/08/22/new-issue-on-the-waterfront/embed/#?secret=ZCXmePZ0uT" width="600" height="338" title="“NEW ISSUE: On the waterfront” — Spacing Toronto" data-secret="ZCXmePZ0uT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://spacing.ca/toronto/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/08/SPACING-71-Waterfront-2025.jpg20001550We think of the Toronto islands as a nice-to-have, a lovely space for recreation and escape from the city. But in fact Toronto owes its very existence to those islands, specifically, the sheltered harbour they create. Indigenous peoples had no great need for harbours – the canoes they used for water-borne transportation could be carriedContinue reading