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Today's tourists pitch their tents on the shores of Rice Lake where Indians camped 2,000 years ago
Today's tourists pitch their tents on the shores of Rice Lake where Indians camped 2,000 years ago

Today's tourists pitch their tents on the shores of Rice Lake where Indians camped 2,000 years ago

Date6/17/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Today's tourists pitch their tents on the shores of Rice Lake where Indians camped 2;000 years ago.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0017929F
      The Indians of the Andes are one of the prime attractions of the mountains and some of them have discovered that tourists are eager to purchase their (...)
      The Indians of the Andes are one of the prime attractions of the mountains and some of them have discovered that tourists are eager to purchase their (...)
      Bryant, George
      12/8/1970
      Indian Hunters' Tents, rear of Fort Garry
      Indian Hunters' Tents, rear of Fort Garry
      Fleming, John Arnot, 1835-1876
      1857-09?
      Fair Tourists fenelon falls 36 years ago note the holiday on they are off for c midsummer ramber
      Fair Tourists fenelon falls 36 years ago note the holiday on they are off for c midsummer ramber
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      4/5/1934
      Bird's eye view of the trading post where the Nascopie's passengers and crew found refuge shows Eskimo tents at Cape Dorset settlement. It is bare, ru(...)
      Bird's eye view of the trading post where the Nascopie's passengers and crew found refuge shows Eskimo tents at Cape Dorset settlement. It is bare, ru(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/28/1947
      More than 9,000 Tents and trailers make an instant city of Brant Park, Brantford, where 31,000 members of the National Campers and Hikers Association (...)
      More than 9,000 Tents and trailers make an instant city of Brant Park, Brantford, where 31,000 members of the National Campers and Hikers Association (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/12/1971
      Young people who were evicted yesterday from tents on the University of Toronto campus listen to Ontario Liberal Robert Nixon at Queen's Park where th(...)
      Young people who were evicted yesterday from tents on the University of Toronto campus listen to Ontario Liberal Robert Nixon at Queen's Park where th(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      7/19/1971
      Camping out on lawns in front of Queen's Park, about 200 striking workers from Toronto Western Hospital put up tents and settled down to lunch today, (...)
      Camping out on lawns in front of Queen's Park, about 200 striking workers from Toronto Western Hospital put up tents and settled down to lunch today, (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      8/8/1972
      Skin Tents (Cree) and Birch-Bark Tents (Ojibway)
      Skin Tents (Cree) and Birch-Bark Tents (Ojibway)
      Assiniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition, 1858
      1858?
      He'll stay until Lake Ontario freezes over, says Guido Merkl of Dryden who pitched his tent at Queen's Park on Wednesday to bolster his claim that the provincial government owes him $2,000 for damages when a house was removed from a construction site he was working on last year
      He'll stay until Lake Ontario freezes over, says Guido Merkl of Dryden who pitched his tent at Queen's Park on Wednesday to bolster his claim that the provincial government owes him $2,000 for damages when a house was removed from a construction site he was working on last year
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/13/1978
      No concerns: Golden Lake Indian band council member Doug Benoit says tourists and not worry about unlimited hunting by natives in Algonquin Provincial Park.
      No concerns: Golden Lake Indian band council member Doug Benoit says tourists and not worry about unlimited hunting by natives in Algonquin Provincial Park.
      Beaty, Keith
      3/7/1991
      Philomena Jack (below) recalls living year round in tents along the Labrador coast
      Philomena Jack (below) recalls living year round in tents along the Labrador coast
      Faught, Ken
      4/11/1990
      Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22
      Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22
      Franklin, John, 1786-1847
      1823