Lake Ontario

“My grandpa was the oldest person to swim across Lake Huron. He inspired me to take on Lake Ontario”

Seeking a new challenge, Jason Kloss took up his grandfather's old hobby: open-water swimming. Last week, Kloss raised over $55,000 for CAMH by attempting a 51-kilometre swim across Lake Ontario

Winter surfing in Lake Ontario is brutal, painful and freezing. I can’t get enough

"Lake surfing is defined by disappointment and discomfort, freezing water and horrible weather, garbage waves and garbage floating in the waves. And yet it has become my greatest joy"

I’ve slept in cardboard boxes, vans and trucks. Now I live with my three dogs in a 25-foot sailboat in Humber Bay

Last month, Tate Hill's neighbours in Mimico raised more than $11,000 to help him take care of his dogs and dock his boat in a marina

How a salvage crew took Captain John’s on one last voyage

Gone in 60 Minutes: how to get from the office desk to the cottage dock in about an hour

On the Waterfront: five tempting lake- and riverside homes from $245,000 to $11.5 million

The idea of building more islands in Lake Ontario is still kicking around

Q&A: Paul Godfrey, chair of the OLG, is on a mission to bring a Las Vegas–style casino to Toronto

Rouge Valley gets $144 million to become Canada’s first national park in a city

The last place to get a nice-sized home on a quiet, leafy street for less than $150,000 in the GTA—Twin Pines trailer park

Exodus to the burbs: why diehard downtowners are giving up on the city

Best of the City 2011: Seven ways to have a great time (bowling and bachelor parties included)