Besides being home to more than 600 people, the island also contains 600 acres of public green space.
Even without COVID-19 restrictions, access to the island is no walk in the park. You need to line up and purchase a ticket to ride one of three aged ferries — unless you’re a passenger at Billy Bishop Airport, in which case you can walk through an $82.5-million underground tunnel to the terminal.
The recent warm weather provided a glimpse of what’s in store for a second pandemic summer — access made worse by COVID rules.
This is an idea that has been on the table for a long time, according to Masooma Ali, urban planner at Urban Strategies.
A new beach is also coming to the Port Lands at Leslie Slip Lookout Park.