EXHIBIT 99


TD Banknorth Inc. to Present at the Cohen Bros. & Company Annual Investors
Conference

PORTLAND, Maine-March 7, 2006--TD Banknorth Inc. (NYSE: BNK) announced today
that William J. Ryan, Chairman, President & CEO, will present at the Cohen
Bros. & Company Annual Investors Conference at the Mandarin Oriental New York,
80 Columbus Circle at 60th Street, in New York, New York from 11:35 a.m. to
12:05 p.m. EST on Tuesday, March 14, 2006.

A live web cast of the Cohen Bros. & Company Annual Investors Conference will
be available at http://www.investorcalendar.com/CEPage.asp?ID=101866.  The
web cast will also be accessible from the Investor Relations/Events section of
the TD Banknorth website at www.tdbanknorth.com.  Shortly after the conference,
a replay of the web cast will be available for a period of at least 30 days
from the Investor Relations section of the TD Banknorth website.

About TD Banknorth Inc.

TD Banknorth Inc. is a leading banking and financial services company
headquartered in Portland, Maine and a majority-owned subsidiary of TD Bank
Financial Group. At January 31, 2006, TD Banknorth had over $40 billion of
total consolidated assets and provided financial services to more than 1.5
million households in the Northeast. TD Banknorth's banking subsidiary, TD
Banknorth, N.A., operates banking divisions in Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
TD Banknorth and TD Banknorth, N.A. also operate subsidiaries and divisions in
insurance, wealth management, merchant services, mortgage banking, government
banking, private label credit cards, insurance premium financing and other
financial services and offer investment products in association with PrimeVest
Financial Services, Inc. The TD Banknorth common stock trades on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol "BNK". For more information, visit
http://www.tdbanknorth.com.


CONTACT: TD Banknorth Inc.
Jeffrey Nathanson, 207-761-8517

SOURCE: TD Banknorth Inc.