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Conner Barnett, 14, left, Alex Loubert, 12, and Martin Kuryllo, 13, plunge into summer yesterday as they go for a cooling dip. They jumped off the bridge linking Algonquin and Ward's islands
Conner Barnett, 14, left, Alex Loubert, 12, and Martin Kuryllo, 13, plunge into summer yesterday as they go for a cooling dip. They jumped off the bridge linking Algonquin and Ward's islands

Conner Barnett, 14, left, Alex Loubert, 12, and Martin Kuryllo, 13, plunge into summer yesterday as they go for a cooling dip. They jumped off the bridge linking Algonquin and Ward's islands

Date8 June 1997
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Original Toronto Star caption: Conner Barnett; 14; left; Alex Loubert; 12; and Martin Kuryllo; 13; plunge into summer yesterday as they go for a cooling dip. They jumped off the bridge linking Algonquin and Ward's islands.
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodToronto Islands
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0017506F
      Where's the sheriff? Toronto Island residents - men, women and children - stand guard at bridge (above) linking Wards and Algonquin islands
      Where's the sheriff? Toronto Island residents - men, women and children - stand guard at bridge (above) linking Wards and Algonquin islands
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      28 July 1980
      Image shows ferries at city docks with high rise buildings under construction. 
      Two Island ferries are tied up on the waterfront in the winter; with only the car ferry operating for the people who live on Algonquin and Ward's Islands. But the Harbor Police continue their 24-hour watch from a tower.
      Goode, Jeff
      14 December 1973
      In Railroad clothes, Bill Metcalf makes a speech to fellow residents of Ward's Island at their picnic-party yesterday celebrating the second year they have stayed on the Islands since Metro finally ordered them off
      In Railroad clothes, Bill Metcalf makes a speech to fellow residents of Ward's Island at their picnic-party yesterday celebrating the second year they have stayed on the Islands since Metro finally ordered them off
      Lennon, Frank
      31 August 1975
      Cooling Off: Matthew Yetman, 2 1/2, and his dad Steve, in matching Mohawk haircuts, take a dip in the pool at Believue Square Park yesterday during an anti-drug concert
      Cooling Off: Matthew Yetman, 2 1/2, and his dad Steve, in matching Mohawk haircuts, take a dip in the pool at Believue Square Park yesterday during an anti-drug concert
      Andrew, Cindy
      7/29/1989
      Queen City Yacht Club, Algonquin Island, looking southwest from Ward's Island ferry dock
      Queen City Yacht Club, Algonquin Island, looking southwest from Ward's Island ferry dock
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      9/15/1954
      Back Again, Veteran trustee Fiona Nelson narrowly led the vote in Wards 13 and 14 for the Toronto board
      Back Again, Veteran trustee Fiona Nelson narrowly led the vote in Wards 13 and 14 for the Toronto board
      Nelson, Fiona
      11/12/1991
      After A 110-Mile Trip on a railway flat car Saturday night, Tony Walker, 13 (left), and Verne Lapine, 12, are glad to be home again. They jumped on th(...)
      After A 110-Mile Trip on a railway flat car Saturday night, Tony Walker, 13 (left), and Verne Lapine, 12, are glad to be home again. They jumped on th(...)
      Combs, Erin
      12/16/1974
      New procedures at the Canadian Johns-Manville Ltd. plant in Scarborough have all but eliminated the hazard of concentrations of asbestos fibres in the plant air, Dr. Paul Kotin (left), company vice-president in charge of health, safety and environment, told a news conference yesterday. G. P. Loubert, president of the firm, is next to him. New Democratic Party Leader Stephen Lewis (far right) challenged some of Loubert's statements on meeting Ontario government guidelines.
      New procedures at the Canadian Johns-Manville Ltd. plant in Scarborough have all but eliminated the hazard of concentrations of asbestos fibres in the plant air, Dr. Paul Kotin (left), company vice-president in charge of health, safety and environment, told a news conference yesterday. G. P. Loubert, president of the firm, is next to him. New Democratic Party Leader Stephen Lewis (far right) challenged some of Loubert's statements on meeting Ontario government guidelines.
      Griffin, Doug
      2/11/1975
      New procedures at the Canadian Johns-Manville Ltd. plant in Scarborough have all but eliminated the hazard of concentrations of asbestos fibres in the plant air, Dr. Paul Kotin (left), company vice-president in charge of health, safety and environment, told a news conference yesterday. G. P. Loubert, president of the firm, is next to him. New Democratic Party Leader Stephen Lewis (far right) challenged some of Loubert's statements on meeting Ontario government guidelines.
      New procedures at the Canadian Johns-Manville Ltd. plant in Scarborough have all but eliminated the hazard of concentrations of asbestos fibres in the plant air, Dr. Paul Kotin (left), company vice-president in charge of health, safety and environment, told a news conference yesterday. G. P. Loubert, president of the firm, is next to him. New Democratic Party Leader Stephen Lewis (far right) challenged some of Loubert's statements on meeting Ontario government guidelines.
      Griffin, Doug
      2/11/1975
      An illustration of a two story residential house, with a covered porch and balcony on the first…
      House, Islands, Ward's Island, on lakeshore
      Surcouf, Lorraine Joy, 1933-
      Approximately 1960
      Teenaged hero honored, David Belisle, 16, of Ward's Island holds a commendation given to him yesterday by the Toronto Harbor Commission for saving Jane Kan, 16, right, and another girl after they rode their tandem bicycle off a dock.
      Teenaged hero honored, David Belisle, 16, of Ward's Island holds a commendation given to him yesterday by the Toronto Harbor Commission for saving Jane Kan, 16, right, and another girl after they rode their tandem bicycle off a dock.
      Bock, Tony
      1/24/1991
      Flying from the heat, three boys dive together from the 25-foot-high Erindale Dam for a cooling dip in the five feet of water in the Credit River belo(...)
      Flying from the heat, three boys dive together from the 25-foot-high Erindale Dam for a cooling dip in the five feet of water in the Credit River belo(...)
      Norris, Dave
      8/9/1971