Ron Jenkins continued his presentation, "The Cyclone that Changed Toronto". He has many more pictures and is a font of knowledge about Toronto and the history of the harbour and lake shore. The Toronto waterfront changed greatly under the lake filling and dredging operations in the official plan (1910) of the Toronto Harbour Commission. Enormous changes were made to the Toronto Islands, Bathurst Quay, the Central Waterfront, and the Port Lands. The waterfront was also the site of large shipbuilding operations, heavy industry, and much shipping and rail transportation. About Ron Jenkins
Ron is a long-time member of the National Yacht Club. His father, Alf (past Purser Shellbacks, Class A Dinghy Sailor and was an active keel boat owner) and his grandfather, Herb (long time treasurer of NYC and an active keel boat sailor) carries the Jenkins’ name well back in NYC history. Herb had a wonderful style to deal with all kinds of difficult matters with a deft touch. And so it continues in the family. Ron is an active nature and sailing photographer; when hobbies do not interfere, he works in technology marketing. In the technological area, Ron is our web master; he, weekly, records the sessions and uploads them to our web, in addition to loading our schedule and any other pertinent information. He is an active participant in Waterfront for All, a coalition of groups protecting the Toronto waterfront.
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