CAN - CANADA
TORONTO, LAKE SHORE
SORRY, SOME DATA ARE NOT TRANSLATED YET
Not to be confused with Toronto Motorsport Park - Toronto, Exhibition Place
Description On December 4th 1968 Toronto Town Council approved a proposal done by Lakeshore Auto Raceway Holdings Ltd. (that included among the others ’The Telegram’, the local newspaper; George Eaton, driver and some businessmen) for host Canadian GP on a street circuit on Canadian National Exhibition area and along Lake Shore Boulevard. Opposition made by Ontario Transportation Department (Lake Shore Boulevard was under his his jurisdiction) and by Mosport circuit owners let this proposal fail. 9 years later, in Spring 1977, Mosport ownser themselves reproposed the same unchanged project for host Canadian F.1 GP and draw 300,000 spectators. Start/finish line and pits should have located inside the stadium. There were two possibilities: build a standard track and cover it with synthetic grass after the race, or lay down a prefabricate track on the existing playground. Proposed circuit should have been 3.5 lm long; if it is too short, it’s possible to lengthen up to 3.7 km by turning around Princess Margaret Fountain. I think that the latter is the solution drawn on my map.

In 1986 a circuit known as Exhibition Place was inaugurated and it used some of these streets.
Location Toronto
ON - Ontario - Eastern Canada
Location  
Latitude - Longitude + 43°37'59"     - 79°25'07"
43.633056     -79.418611
UTM Coordinates X = 627566.039  -  Y = 4832333.421  -  Zone 17T
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Altitude AMSL 80 m - 262 ft
Inauguration  
Closing  
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) Italian Autosprint 42/1968 (page 23)Sarà creato un circuito cittadino all’Expo
(2) Italian Autosprint 43/1968 (page 24)Sarà inaugurato nel 1969 il circuito per il GP Canada e per le vetture Indy
(3) Italian Autosprint 45/1968 (page 43)Proposal (with map)
(4) Italian Autosprint 8/1969 (page 25)Circuito bocciato, il GP torna probabilmente a Mosport
(5) Italian Autosprint 18/1977 (page 20)
(6) Italian Autosprint 21/1977 (page 29)La CSI approva il circuito di Toronto
(7) Italian Autosprint 41/1977 (page 29)
(8) French www.poleposition.ca (...) [Publishing date: October 7th 2021]

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Lake Shore Boulevard
Description  
Years 1968
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal Proposal  YES
Proposal not developed YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Street course
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page April 10th 2006
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  

Lake Shore Boulevard
Description  
Years 1977
Direction  
Progetto Proposal Proposal  YES
Proposal not developed YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Street course
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page April 11th 2005
Info last update 1977
Designer  
Distinctive points Lake Shore Boulevard - Automotive Road - Dominion Street - Dufferin Street
length 3700  m 12139  ft 2.299  mi Long circuit (5)
length 3499  m 11480  ft 2.174  mi Short circuit (5)

Lake Shore Boulevard: 1977 proposal, probably 3.7 km layout

Lake Shore Boulevard: 1977 proposal, probably 3.7 km layout



Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
October 7th 2021     Guido de Carli     Update Description
July 4th 2006 Lake Shore Boulevard 1977 Guido de Carli   Lorenzo Tommasi Update Description
April 12th 2005 Lake Shore Boulevard 1977 Guido de Carli Guido de Carli   New Description with map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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