Toronto's Waterfront activities

1. Exhibition Place: Here, you'll find the Direct Energy Centre, Allstream Centre, BMO Field (home of Toronto FC Soccer Team) and the 133-year-old Canadian National Exhibition in August. explace.on.ca

Ontario Place

2. Ontario Place: An internationally acclaimed cultural, leisure and entertainment parkland that extends throughout three man-made islands. Address 955 Lake Shore Blvd. W, ontarioplace.com.

3. HTO Park: Featuring a waterfront promenade, grassy knolls and a sand beach complete with yellow beach umbrellas, this man-made urban each offers quiet respite. Address 339 Queen's Quay. (Queen's Quay and Ress St.), waterfrontbia.com.

Toronto Music Garden

4. Toronto Music Garden: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy collaborated on the creation of this garden with botanical interpretations of Bach's First Suit for Unaccompained Cello. Address 539 Queen's Quay W., harbourfrontcentre.com

5. Harbourfront Centre & York Quay Centre: This centre provides creative and cutting edge programming in the arts, culture, education and recreation and free cultural festivals every weekend in summer. Address 235 Queen's Quay W., harbourfrontcentre.com.

6. The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery: Three major exhibition galleries showcase some of the wildest contemporary art exhibits. Address 231 Queen's Quay W., thepowerplant.org

7. Queen's Quay Terminal: Once a shipping terminal building, this unique shopping centre overlooking Lake Ontario also features the Museum on Inuit Art, a dance theatre and lively restaurants on the water's edge. Address 207 Queen's Quay W., qqterminal.com

Toronto Islands

8. The Toronto Islands: Take a 20-minute ferry ride to any of the three islands. At Centre Island, hop on the train at Centreville Amusement Park or, as the signs say, "Please walk on the grass" at the expansive free parks. toronto.ca/parks/island

9. Redpath Sugar Museum: Inside a still-operating sugar port and refinery, the museum showcases the origins of the coveted sweet stuff.  Address 95 Queen's Quay E., redpathsugars.com

Sugar Beach Toronto

10. Sugar Beach: Toronto's newest urban beach- featuring brightly coloured beach umbrellas, candy-striped rocks and lots of sand - was once a parking lot. At the foot of Lower Jarvis Street, waterfrontoronto.ca

Compliments of Toronto Magazine2011, Volume 4, Issue 1 page61

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