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You can laze in the sand or, water pollution permitting, take a dip in the lake
You can laze in the sand or, water pollution permitting, take a dip in the lake

You can laze in the sand or, water pollution permitting, take a dip in the lake

Date6/20/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: You can laze in the sand or; water pollution permitting; take a dip in the lake.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0109526F
Fun times: Reader says it's time to push for action on the very serious problem of the pollution of Lake Ontario waters
Fun times: Reader says it's time to push for action on the very serious problem of the pollution of Lake Ontario waters
Spremo, Boris
1/1/1981
Thousands of vacationers each summer flock to Crystal Beach on Lake Erie to bask on the warm sand, swim in the cool water, and frolic at the amusement centre
Thousands of vacationers each summer flock to Crystal Beach on Lake Erie to bask on the warm sand, swim in the cool water, and frolic at the amusement centre
Ontario. Department of Travel & Publicity
11/7/1969
Sharia Varley, model, wearing a string cools off after a dip in Lake Ontario (Cherry Beach)
Sharia Varley, model, wearing a string cools off after a dip in Lake Ontario (Cherry Beach)
Spremo, Boris
7/9/1974
Time for frolic in the water or relaxation on the beach bench at the Midland Municipal Park, a holiday stopover point for sun and sand worshippers of all ages
Time for frolic in the water or relaxation on the beach bench at the Midland Municipal Park, a holiday stopover point for sun and sand worshippers of all ages
James, Norman
6/22/1963
Lakefront fill at Sunnyside has all but done away with this once-popular beach, Pollution from the Humber river barred swimming last year, likely will again this year
Lakefront fill at Sunnyside has all but done away with this once-popular beach, Pollution from the Humber river barred swimming last year, likely will again this year
McCaffrey, Gordon
5/24/1963
Taking it easy on the soft sands of Willow Beach
Taking it easy on the soft sands of Willow Beach
Darrell, Dick
5/18/1963
Picture of people standing and sitting on a beach with large tree on right. 
"The Sands" Scarboro Beach, Toronto
1912
A lifeguard is necessary at all pools, say water safety groups like the Red Cross
A lifeguard is necessary at all pools, say water safety groups like the Red Cross
Bezant, Graham
6/7/1973
He's leaping for joy into refreshing blue water at Sunnyside Park pool yesterday, and who'd blame him? Fernando Sousa, sporting maple leafs on his swi(...)
He's leaping for joy into refreshing blue water at Sunnyside Park pool yesterday, and who'd blame him? Fernando Sousa, sporting maple leafs on his swi(...)
Spremo, Boris
4/17/1977
Black and white aerial shot of people swimming and sunbathing on a beach.
Kew Beach, Toronto, Ont., from an aeroplane, 10 ft. above the water
Unknown
1919
Many people gather by a water's edge with a forested area in the background.
An outing party, at Sucker Lake Beach, Lake Rosseau, Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada
Anderson, William Alfred, 1880-1962
Approximately 1938
Dog days of summer, Denny Denault, 75, and Jake, 2 1/2, take a soggy break on the boardwalk in the Beaches
Dog days of summer, Denny Denault, 75, and Jake, 2 1/2, take a soggy break on the boardwalk in the Beaches
McConnell, Colin
6/20/1989