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The Ice Women

The Ice Women

Date1/24/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: The Ice Women: The only all woman team of ice canoeists in Canada; and perhaps the world; scooter their ice canoe and mascot Fred the Flamingo across broken ice and water; above; and drag it; running across flat ice in front of the HMCS Haida; below; while they practise for Harborfront's annual ice canoe race Sunday. Clockwise from rear right: Susan Rees; 27; Elizabeth Hartman; 22; Sue Kitchen; 24; Donna Parr; 27; Lise Janelle; 26; seated is team captain Laurie Wells; 23.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0096191F
      The Ice Women
      The Ice Women
      Griffin, Doug
      1/26/1986
      Niagara builds its ice bridge, The ice bridge at the base of Niagara Falls, built up each year by ice flowing out of Lake Erie, averages five to ten f(...)
      Niagara builds its ice bridge, The ice bridge at the base of Niagara Falls, built up each year by ice flowing out of Lake Erie, averages five to ten f(...)
      Bull, Ron
      1/28/1976
      Ice Show at the Gardens, If ice and snow in September is your thing, then by all means take in Ukrainian Ice Festival at Maple Leaf Gardens until Sund(...)
      Ice Show at the Gardens, If ice and snow in September is your thing, then by all means take in Ukrainian Ice Festival at Maple Leaf Gardens until Sund(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      9/10/1974
      The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
      The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
      Eglinton, Rick
      7/7/1994
      Angling through the ice. Ice fishing has finally started near Keswick, where the ice on Lake Simcoe is eight inches thick. K. Matys of Toronto takes h(...)
      Angling through the ice. Ice fishing has finally started near Keswick, where the ice on Lake Simcoe is eight inches thick. K. Matys of Toronto takes h(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      1/21/1975
      Ice Has Choked off the major part of the flow of the main falls but a small part of the Bridal Veil falls, foreground, was still flowing. Ice directly(...)
      Ice Has Choked off the major part of the flow of the main falls but a small part of the Bridal Veil falls, foreground, was still flowing. Ice directly(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/6/1947
      Islands of ice choke the Credit River, Huge chunks of ice pile up on the Credit River just south of the Britannia Road bridge near Streetsville yester(...)
      Islands of ice choke the Credit River, Huge chunks of ice pile up on the Credit River just south of the Britannia Road bridge near Streetsville yester(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      2/4/1974
      Red herring?, Georgina Mayor Joe Dales (left), a veteran ice fisherman, didn't get a single nibble during the Great Georgina Ice Fishing Derby so he helped Dave Sharp dispose of several dozen herring.
      Red herring?, Georgina Mayor Joe Dales (left), a veteran ice fisherman, didn't get a single nibble during the Great Georgina Ice Fishing Derby so he helped Dave Sharp dispose of several dozen herring.
      Russell, Jim
      3/4/1982
      Ice pictureque scene (3) Ice formations on Table Rock house at the horseshoe falls on the Canadian side make a
      Ice pictureque scene (3) Ice formations on Table Rock house at the horseshoe falls on the Canadian side make a
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/3/1946
      King winter transforms Niagara Falls into F, Mighty Niagara has become the abode of the ice king and the roaring waters are now gigantic, glastening formations of ice
      King winter transforms Niagara Falls into F, Mighty Niagara has become the abode of the ice king and the roaring waters are now gigantic, glastening formations of ice
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/1/1938
      To-day a 4,500 tons of scrap steel on the ice of Niagara Gorge, Niagara's ice jam pushed Falls View bridge from its foundations, then held firm while (...)
      To-day a 4,500 tons of scrap steel on the ice of Niagara Gorge, Niagara's ice jam pushed Falls View bridge from its foundations, then held firm while (...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/27/1938
      Niagara power houses face big loss from ice jam, Emergency crews are on duty at all Niagara River powerhouses to fight the worst ice jam since 1909
      Niagara power houses face big loss from ice jam, Emergency crews are on duty at all Niagara River powerhouses to fight the worst ice jam since 1909
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/26/1938