Created by: Eric Light Date: 2012-04-11 Provenance: Collected by members of the Toronto Island Connections group. Notes: Slideshow of childhood photos set to music. Buy “Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World” on iTunes Artist: Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
203 years ago, a Toronto lighthouse-keeper disappeared. Today the mystery endures
Provenance: From the collection of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: Newscast. From the CBC website
Reporter: Richard Fiennes-Clinton
Date of document: 2018-02-01
Date of original broadcast: c1958
From CBC Video Archives: 65 years ago, Duration 6:35
The spectre of murdered Mr. Muller, the first keeper of the lighthouse, is said to haunt Toronto Island…
(Video from CBC Archives – note, this MAY play a short advert before playing):
*For further details of the murder of John Paul Radelmüller, see this page elsewhere on this site:
https://tihp.torontoisland.org/radelmuller-new-light-on-torontos-oldest-cold-case/
Created by: Lauren Leprich Details: Includes an interview with Roxann Smith. Her parents owned the Manitou Hotel on the Main Drag, Centre Island. John deNotbeck also interviewed. Date: Published on 9 Dec 2014 Provenance: via YouTube Notes: Personal photos of life on the Main Drag, Centre Island included.
Created by: Mary Partridge, Joanna Kidd, and Annie Szamosi Details: A contemporary documentary of the Toronto Island Community. Date: Created on: 2014 Provenance: via YouTube Notes: Short history of the settling and changes to the community provided up to present.
Created by: Rogers Details: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3667820/ Date: Original airdate 2011 Provenance: via YouTube Notes: Most of us know the Toronto Islands for Billy Bishop Airport and Centreville Theme Park. But did you know that people have been living there for centuries? While the centre and west sides once had an amusement park, hotel, summer residences and …
