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10-by-10-foot dugout is where Gordon Plummer, 40, his daughter, Tonya, 9, Don Nicholl, 45, and his son, Ken, 12, spent 72 harrowing hours on Beckwith (...)
10-by-10-foot dugout is where Gordon Plummer, 40, his daughter, Tonya, 9, Don Nicholl, 45, and his son, Ken, 12, spent 72 harrowing hours on Beckwith (...)

10-by-10-foot dugout is where Gordon Plummer, 40, his daughter, Tonya, 9, Don Nicholl, 45, and his son, Ken, 12, spent 72 harrowing hours on Beckwith (...)

Date2/1/1977
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  • 10-by-10-foot dugout is where Gordon Plummer, 40, his daughter, Tonya, 9, Don Nicholl, 45, and his son, Ken, 12, spent 72 harrowing hours on Beckwith Island in Georgian Bay, trapped and lost in a weekend blizzard. They used tree limbs to block winds and kept fire going. Star reporter Arnie Hakala studies area.
  • 10-by-10-foot dugout is where Gordon Plummer, 40, his daughter, Tonya, 9, Don Nicholl, 45, and his son, Ken, 12, spent 72 harrowing hours on Beckwith (...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: 10-by-10-foot dugout is where Gordon Plummer, 40, his daughter, Tonya, 9, Don Nicholl, 45, and his son, Ken, 12, spent 72 harrowing hours on Beckwith Island in Georgian Bay, trapped and lost in a weekend blizzard. They used tree limbs to block winds and kept fire going. Star reporter Arnie Hakala studies area.
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026953F
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      Other survivors were Ken Nicholl, 12, his father, Don, 45, and Gordon Plummer, 40
      Other survivors were Ken Nicholl, 12, his father, Don, 45, and Gordon Plummer, 40
      Dutton, Don
      2/1/1977
      Moving into new home they had despaired of finding for their family of eight children, Albert Treadwell hands furniture down from top of truck to his wife Velma and daughter Vivian, 10, while son Gordon, 9, takes his tricycle
      Moving into new home they had despaired of finding for their family of eight children, Albert Treadwell hands furniture down from top of truck to his wife Velma and daughter Vivian, 10, while son Gordon, 9, takes his tricycle
      Spremo, Boris
      9/2/1968
      Recuperating in hospital from her ordeal on a Georgian Bay island, 9-year-old Tonya Plummer gets comforting pat from her mother Anne. Tonya and her fa(...)
      Recuperating in hospital from her ordeal on a Georgian Bay island, 9-year-old Tonya Plummer gets comforting pat from her mother Anne. Tonya and her fa(...)
      Dutton, Don
      2/1/1977
      Harrowing Trek in Algonquin Park wilderness is recaled by 49-year-old Wolfgang Palleske and his 9-year-old son, Antony, as they recuperate from frostbite in Ajax-Pickering Hospital today
      Harrowing Trek in Algonquin Park wilderness is recaled by 49-year-old Wolfgang Palleske and his 9-year-old son, Antony, as they recuperate from frostbite in Ajax-Pickering Hospital today
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      3/2/1977
      Risked lives: Andy Patterson, 32, flanked by Dean Ribble (left), 12, and his brother, George, 10, dragged Patterson's 12-year-old son, Billy, screaming from a Mississauga building after 8,000 volts shot through the boy's body when he caught a foot in a transformer room
      Risked lives: Andy Patterson, 32, flanked by Dean Ribble (left), 12, and his brother, George, 10, dragged Patterson's 12-year-old son, Billy, screaming from a Mississauga building after 8,000 volts shot through the boy's body when he caught a foot in a transformer room
      Calleja, Frank
      2/28/1980
      Evanoff family of North York loads wood for delivery, Sons John, 10, and Bob, 12, spend after-school hours helping their parents.
      Evanoff family of North York loads wood for delivery, Sons John, 10, and Bob, 12, spend after-school hours helping their parents.
      Loek, Dick
      10/24/1973
      After 40 years: Jack Burke, retiring as principal and teacher of Associated Jewish Schools, has been teaching his own grandchildren there - Michael, 10, David, 8, and Elisa, 12 - as well as the grandchildren of some of his original pupils.
      After 40 years: Jack Burke, retiring as principal and teacher of Associated Jewish Schools, has been teaching his own grandchildren there - Michael, 10, David, 8, and Elisa, 12 - as well as the grandchildren of some of his original pupils.
      Beaty, Keith
      3/28/1980
      Miniature Disneyworld he has built on a 9-by-10-foot plywood base at his Queensville home is displayed by Markus Rothkranz, a Grade 10 student at Huro(...)
      Miniature Disneyworld he has built on a 9-by-10-foot plywood base at his Queensville home is displayed by Markus Rothkranz, a Grade 10 student at Huro(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      2/7/1978
      Finally coralled, Christopher Nicholl, 49, hugs his sister 45-year-old Lynn James of Arizona's Maricopa County, yesterday - they haven't seen each oth(...)
      Finally coralled, Christopher Nicholl, 49, hugs his sister 45-year-old Lynn James of Arizona's Maricopa County, yesterday - they haven't seen each oth(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      12/29/1977
      Tough Confession: He's Known to CHFI fans as Dazzlin' Don but last weekend Don Daynard spent half an hour on air discussing the painful details of his son Britt's suicide
      Tough Confession: He's Known to CHFI fans as Dazzlin' Don but last weekend Don Daynard spent half an hour on air discussing the painful details of his son Britt's suicide
      Daynard, Don
      10/30/1991
      Daughter Ruth Ann MacLean kisses Ronald Patrick Lippert, 40, the Kitchener pilot imprisoned in Cuba for 10 years on a charge of smuggling arms, on his arrival yesterday at Toronto International Airport
      Daughter Ruth Ann MacLean kisses Ronald Patrick Lippert, 40, the Kitchener pilot imprisoned in Cuba for 10 years on a charge of smuggling arms, on his arrival yesterday at Toronto International Airport
      Griffin, Doug
      11/3/1973
      Waves Threaten Oakville Lakeshore Homes yesterday as winds of up to 40 miles an hour threw 10-foot waves hundreds of feet inland. Ten acres of area pa(...)
      Waves Threaten Oakville Lakeshore Homes yesterday as winds of up to 40 miles an hour threw 10-foot waves hundreds of feet inland. Ten acres of area pa(...)
      Brennan, Pat
      4/9/1973