Visiting Ships – May-October – John Quay

Year: 2009 | 2007 | 2006

From time to time, Harbourfront Centre plays host to tall ships, Coast Guard or other vessels. For information on visiting ships throughout the summer the public can call 416-973-4000 or refer to this page.

The Waterfront Business Improvement Area hosts an international fleet of tall ships that will race through the Great Lakes this summer. One of these ships will be docking at Harbourfront Centre as part of the Redpath Toronto Waterfront Festival, Great Lakes United TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® 2010, June 30 to July 4. The public is invited to visit the event – general admission is FREE.

For more details or to purchase ship boarding passes, the public can visit TOwaterfrontfest.com.

Visiting Ships 2009

Sailing Vessel Fazisi

1st Arrival: Sunday 9 August

Departure: Friday 14 August (early am)
2nd Arrival: Returns on Monday 24 August (pm)
Departure: Tuesday 8 September

Dockage Location: HTO Park West - 375 Queens Quay West
(just east of Lower Spadina)
Overall Length: 82.8 feet
Beam (width): 19.2 feet Public Visiting Hours: Open from 11am to 2pm on selected dates.
Please visit whitesails.org for more information.

Visiting Ships 2007

Canadian Coast Guard

Arrival: Wednesday 26 September

Departure: Sunday 30 September

Dockage Location: John Quay
Overall Length: 47 feet
Public Visiting Hours: Friday 28 September | 9am - 2pm
Saturday 29 September | 9am - 2pm ccg-gcc.gc.ca

Greenpeace - MV Arctic Sunrise

Arrival: Friday 31 August (AM)

Departure: Monday 3 September (PM)

Dockage Location: John Quay
Overall Length: 163 feet
Beam (width): 39 feet Public Visiting Hours: Saturday 1 September | 10am - 4pm
Sunday 2 September | 10am - 4pm
Monday 3 September | 10am - 4pm greenpeace.ca

Visiting Ships 2006

Picton Castle

Arrival: Saturday 26 August

Departure: Tuesday 29 August (before noon)

Dockage Location: John Quay
Overall Length: 148 feet
Type: Three-masted barque Public Visiting Hours: Sunday 27 August | 1pm - 5pm
Monday 28 August | 1pm - 5pm picton-castle.com

Pride of Baltimore II

Arrival: Saturday 08 July (before noon)

Departure: Monday 10 July (before noon)

Dockage Location: John Quay
Overall Length: 157 feet
Type: 1812 War Privateer of the North Atlantic Public Visiting Hours: Saturday 8 July | 2am - 6pm marylandspride.org

STV Unicorn

Arrival: Saturday 01 July

Departure: Monday 05 July (before noon)

Dockage Location: John Quay
Overall Length: 118 feet
Type: Sail Training Vessel Public Visiting Hours: Saturday 01 July | Noon - 3pm
Sunday 02 July | Noon - 3pm
Monday 03 July | Noon - 3pm tallshipunicorn.com