WaterWays Ontario

Past News & Events

Keeping tabs on TIBS

Toronto International Boat Show rides the waves for ten days at the Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place in Toronto.  For 51 years, this is the place to see and buy boats, boating gear and accessories.  Where else, in the dead of Canada’s winter, could you find 1500 boats… take a canoe for a paddle… go [...]

Brunswick Acquires Three More Boat Lines

Those of us who occasionally skipped the lecture hall in favour of the pool hall know the name Brunswick for the tables we played on.  However, this corporation also pretty well runs the table in the recreational boating industry with more than 40 boating companies in its rack.  These include some big names: Mercury Marine, [...]

Dream a Dream of Summer

The Toronto International Boat Show begins its second half century on January 10, 2009.  For the next 8 days, we get a taste of summer in the shortest coldest days of Ontario’s winter. 
Paddle a canoe
Watch wakeboarders flip and fly
Catch a trout or find out what you can do to catch more
See what’s new in big [...]

More Support for WaterWays Ontario

Some heavy hitters have come up to bat for www.waterwaysontario.com.  Look at the lower left corner of our home page.  National Marine Manufacturers’ Association, Ontario Marina Operators’ Association, Tourism Ontario, Power Boating Canada Magazine, Ontario Boat Dealer, Canadian Safe Boating Council and Mercury Marine all back our venture.  Thank you.  
It’s our plan to help [...]

Current Features

The 4th Annual Dusty Miller Challenge

Kevin Walton, Overall Master of the Helm wins a Yamaha Outboard and congratulations from Dusty Miller (right) Once again, the waters just north of Ontario Place (under the pods, next to the Cinesphere) were the setting for a quiet but very intense competition for boaters.

Bluenose Visits Toronto

The original schooner Bluenose is the inspired design of William J. Roué of Halifax, built by Smith and Rhuland in Lunenburg on March 26, 1921 and celebrated on the Canadian ten-cent piece.

Family Cruise

A hundred years ago – give or take – commercial fishermen would clean up their boats on Saturday night in preparation for a Sunday cruise after church.

News & Events

Keeping tabs on TIBS
Brunswick Acquires Three More Boat Lines
Dream a Dream of Summer
More Support for WaterWays Ontario