Toronto Island is a special place to visit for it’s natural environment, unique residential community and now art galleries. The Gallery Box is one of over 30 mini galleries across the Toronto Islands. The Island community has a large population of artists and creatives as well as an Artscape studio.

2021 Exhibitions:

Toronto Island is a special place to visit for it’s natural environment, unique residential community and now art galleries. The Gallery Box is one of over 30 mini galleries across the Toronto Islands. The Island community has a large population of artists and creatives as well as an Artscape studio.

Find us:

Our Gallery Box is located at 26 Lakeshore Ave, off Ward’s Beach on Ward’s Island, Toronto Island.

Directions
Take ferry from the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal to Ward’s Island. Water taxis also available in late Spring, Summer and early Fall.

You can find the current ferry schedule here. Please purchase tickets online in advance here.

Water Taxis:
The Otter Guy Water Taxi - 416-995-6809
Toronto Harbour Water Taxi - 416-203-8294
T Dot Water Taxi - 647-370-8368

You can find some of our Gallery Artist own Gallery Boxes here:

We want to acknowledge that the land the Studio Little Red Gallery Box sits on is the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples as part of the city of Toronto/Tkaronto.

“The Mississaugas’ traditional lands are located in southern Ontario.

They spent their summers on these lands near the mouths of rivers and streams and on these Toronto Islands. The Toronto Islands were originally a long peninsula named “Menecing”, which translates “On the Island”.

The peninsula was a series of connected sand spits that held spiritual significance for the Mississaugas. The long beach was considered a place of healing and the Mississaugas brought their sick here to recuperate. Early references speak to the healthy atmosphere and the “peculiarly clear and fine” air of the peninsula. In addition to its restorative power, the peninsula was used for numerous ceremonial purposes including childbirth and burials.

In the 1850s, a series of storms disconnected the body of the peninsula from the mainland and led to the creation of the Toronto Islands as they exist today.”

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