The Canoe & Calipers

Photos and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - June, 2009

Located on the southeast corner of The Queensway and Windermere Avenue is this public art for Windemere by the Lake. The accompanying plaque has this to say:

This sculpture of Canoe and Calipers, marks the meeting of two technologies: the calipers a symbol of the old world and the canoe a gift of the First Nations. Both were instrumental in shaping Canada and on a smaller scale both refer to the history of the area -- First Nations peoples and early explorers canoed Lake Ontario to the south and the Humber River to the west. Most recently the Stelco/Swansea Iron Works Factory which made nuts and bolts occupied this site.

Related web pages
calipers
Iron Works Factory

Related Toronto plaque page
Humber River

Plaque Location Co-ordinates: 43.637024 -79.469543

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