Marine Archives | From Ship to Shore: Exploring Oshawa's Relationship with Lake Ontario

A Bulk Cargo Ship Unloads Sugar at the Oshawa Harbour

[Video has no sound.] A bulk cargo ship unloads raw sugar at the Oshawa harbour. Barter Haulage brought the raw sugar to the Westcane Sugar refinery a short […]

Oshawa-on-the-Lake Shoreline

Music is playing Text as it appears on screen. Filmed in 1935, this video shows the shoreline of Lake Ontario, the Oshawa Harbour, and along the Oshawa Creek. […]

Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is surrounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and […]

HMCS Oshawa J330

The Algerine-class was a class of minesweepers of the Royal Navy and the Commonwealth. 110 ships of the class were launched between 1942 and 1944 and served in […]

Sharing the Yacht basin

Linda and Doug Cory In Front of Danger Sign

Linda and Doug Cory in front of Danger Sign, that says “Danger End of Pavement Open Docks Ahead” This sign was located at the end of Lakeshore Road. […]

The Midland Prince Unloads Coal at the Oshawa Harbour

There is no sound in the clip. The Midland Prince coal carrier unloading coal at the Oshawa Harbour in 1949. This video shows the cranes lifting the coal […]

Port Oshawa

Aerial view looking north towards the Oshawa harbour, Lakeview Park beach and pier. A tugboat is departing the harbour to assist a large ship arriving at the Port […]

Ship Unloads Raw Sugar at the Oshawa harbour

Raw sugar cane is unloading at the Oshawa harbour. Note the sugar plant, West Cane Sugar, located a few kilometres north of the harbour docks. Since the early […]

Aerial View of the Oshawa harbour, Showing the Marina in Use

To make the lakefront more people-oriented, marine recreational development commenced in 1975 with the construction of a 228-berth marina. This marina had a capacity of 400 berths for […]

Oshawa Harbour View from Bonnie Brae Point

View of the beach and the Oshawa harbour, Bulk carrier ship, the Kaptan Güven, is docked.

Schooner Oliver Mowat Docked at the Pier, Port Oshawa

The Oliver Mowat brought coal to Oshawa for many years. The Oliver Mowat was a three-masted schooner. It sank at Duck Island on September 1, 1921, after colliding […]