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Ashbridge's
Bay
is
a
bay
and
park
in
Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada.
It
is
located
along
Lake
Shore
Boulevard
next
to
Woodbine
Beach
in
the
Beaches.
The
Martin
Goodman
Trail
and
boardwalk
run
through
the
park
along
the
bay.
The
boardwalk
runs
3
kilometres
(1.9
mi)
from
Ashbridge's
Bay
in
the
west
to
the
R.
C.
Harris
Water
Treatment
Plant
in
the
east
along
Lake
Ontario.
It
was
once
part
of
the
marsh
that
lay
east
of
Toronto
Islands
and
Toronto
Harbour.
The
bay
is
named
for
Sarah
Ashbridge,
a
British
loyalist
from
Philadelphia
whose
family
once
lived
nearby
on
a
farm.
It
was
once
a
five
square
kilometre
marsh
on
the
Don
River
delta
and
one
of
the
largest
wetlands
in
Eastern
Canada.
A
breakwall
formed
on
the
western
end
with
an
outlet
into
Toronto
Bay.
Before
the
1900,
the
bay
was
used
to
obtain
ice
during
the
winter
months
and
stopped
after
the
bay
became
polluted
to
the
point
the
water
became
unsafe:
Samuel
Hill's
Ice
House
at
Leslie
Street
and
Eastern
Avenue
Graham's
Ice
House
at
Lake
(now
Knox)
and
Eastern
Avenue
Martin
McKee's
Ice
House
at
foot
of
Carlaw
Avenue
at
(now
infill
area
near
Lake
Shore
Boulevard)
Due
to
industrial
development
and
sewage
disposal
into
the
marsh,
in
1910
a
Toronto
Board
of
Trade
proposal
for
Ashbridge's
Bay
was
for
an
industrial
district
for
industrial
offices
and
sites
served
by
railway
lines,
public
warehouses
alongside
docking
facilities
south
of
Keating
Channel
to
the
Eastern
Gap
and
a
parkland/recreational
strip
at
the
south
end.
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