Ontario Placeused to be the place where summertime dreamscame true. From rushing down the waterslides and climbing around in the Children's Village to catching a flick at the Cinesphere, the downtown amusement park used to betheplace to go when school let out.

The fun stoppedback in 2012when the province closed down Ontario Place, but it promised to revitalize and reopen it in time for Canada's sesquicentennial (or 150th anniversary) next year. However, asCBC News reports, it may not be ready by then.

Only phase one of theredevelopment planwill be complete by 2017. And it'll include a trail and a park on the park's east side. There's no word on whenthe rest of itwill be finished.

You can currently visit Ontario Place if you want to catch at concert at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre or Echo Beach. And in September the west island will play host to the multidisciplinaryin/FUTUREarts festival.

Photo by A Great Capture in the blogTO Flickr pool