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Two of the four tugs grounded in lagoons and kept 200 to 300 people shivering on the docks from half an hour to an hour and a half. These people final(...)
Two of the four tugs grounded in lagoons and kept 200 to 300 people shivering on the docks from half an hour to an hour and a half. These people final(...)

Two of the four tugs grounded in lagoons and kept 200 to 300 people shivering on the docks from half an hour to an hour and a half. These people final(...)

Date16 December 1948
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Original Toronto Star caption: Two of the four tugs grounded in lagoons and kept 200 to 300 people shivering on the docks from half an hour to an hour and a half. These people finally made the grade; coming across on the tug J. C. Stewart. New tug Arkansas went aground twice to delay service.
Headline: 300 Shiver Wait on Island Docks Tugs in Trouble.  
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodToronto Islands
    Harbour
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0112256F
      The omstead fleet includes four new all-steel diesel tugs and scores of smaller all-metal craft
      The omstead fleet includes four new all-steel diesel tugs and scores of smaller all-metal craft
      Teskey, Frank
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      One of the two city tugs that buck the floating ice
      One of the two city tugs that buck the floating ice
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7 February 1945
      First President of the newly-formed Occidental Life Insurance Co. of Canada is Michael Barnes, 52, left, with Earl Clark, president of the California-based parent company. The two spent an hour and a half yesterday signing hundreds of documents required to launch the firm, which will offer new product lines.
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      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      1/12/1971
      This is one of the tugs which operate through ice in Toronto bay, taking island residents to and from city during winter months
      This is one of the tugs which operate through ice in Toronto bay, taking island residents to and from city during winter months
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7 January 1948
      Image shows two officers at the Harbour.
      In their open boat, Warren Dunlop and Dave Maskell patrol the waterfront, harbor and island lagoons
      Goode, Jeff
      12/14/1973
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      After 18 months of work and $13 million, Ontario Place is taking shape as a 90-acre playground, a watery haven of beaches, lagoons, boutiques, enterta(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      10/28/1970
      The Island Lagoons are showplaces for boats of all kinds and sizes when it's weather for sailing, now snow covers one upturned on the shore where boys(...)
      The Island Lagoons are showplaces for boats of all kinds and sizes when it's weather for sailing, now snow covers one upturned on the shore where boys(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      1/3/1975
      Cruising through Ontario Place, a large canoe is paddled by a group of youths along one of the many lagoons on the 96-acre site. Boat traffic along th(...)
      Cruising through Ontario Place, a large canoe is paddled by a group of youths along one of the many lagoons on the 96-acre site. Boat traffic along th(...)
      Geo, Mario
      5/22/1971
      Picture of a lagoon surrounded by trees. 
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      Photogelatine Engraving Company‏
      approximately 1940
      The station itself, only half an hour's drive from Toronto, is shown in this scene
      The station itself, only half an hour's drive from Toronto, is shown in this scene
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/21/1958
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      Unloading supplies and a new snowmobile motor from a glider, members of the Muskox expedition completed the job in half an hour, and the craft was the(...)
      Canada. Canadian Army
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      Plucked from cake of ice on which he floated for half an hour before rescuers could reach him, 11-year-old Ciaran Griffin huddles under a blanket in a(...)
      Plucked from cake of ice on which he floated for half an hour before rescuers could reach him, 11-year-old Ciaran Griffin huddles under a blanket in a(...)
      Darrell, Dick
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