ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA COMMEMORATIVES
2005 TORONTO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
CANADA - 1968 TO DATE |
| Item Description: |
S$20 2005 TORONTO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE |
| Full Grade: |
NGC PF 69 UC |
| Owner: |
namvette68 |
Owner Comments:
The Leslie Street Spit is a peninsula which was created from landfill in the 1950's. The spit was to serve as an outer harbor for the expected increase in shipping due to the opening of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1959. This need never arose, and the area evolved into an aquatic park. The lighthouse was established to mark the end of the spit in 1974.
The lighthouse sits on what is now Vicki Keith Point. Vicki Keith, a Canadian swimmer, swam across all five Great Lakes for charity in 1988. She set 17 world records during her swimming career.