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Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's favorite vacation spot is Lac La Ronge, a lake resort north of his home town of Prince Albert, Sask. His reasons for(...)
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's favorite vacation spot is Lac La Ronge, a lake resort north of his home town of Prince Albert, Sask. His reasons for(...)

Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's favorite vacation spot is Lac La Ronge, a lake resort north of his home town of Prince Albert, Sask. His reasons for(...)

Date7/9/1960
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Original Toronto Star caption: Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's favorite vacation spot is Lac La Ronge, a lake resort north of his home town of Prince Albert, Sask. His reasons for liking it are simple: He can get in unlimited good fishing in an informal atmosphere and meet some of his old cronies there.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0043763F
      Election smear. Maria Maruszczak wipes lipstick smear from former prime minister John Diefenbaker's cheek as Parkdale-High Park Tory candidate Yu Shymko and daughter Lisa, 17, watch. [Incomplete]
      Election smear. Maria Maruszczak wipes lipstick smear from former prime minister John Diefenbaker's cheek as Parkdale-High Park Tory candidate Yu Shymko and daughter Lisa, 17, watch. [Incomplete]
      Darrell, Dick
      4/6/1979
      Alvin Hamilton was a member of former prime minister John Diefenbaker's cabinet
      Alvin Hamilton was a member of former prime minister John Diefenbaker's cabinet
      Hamilton, Alvin, 1912-
      7/20/1967
      A sack of home-milled flour brings happy smiles to the faces of Albert Malbeauf and his family in Meadow Lake, Sask
      A sack of home-milled flour brings happy smiles to the faces of Albert Malbeauf and his family in Meadow Lake, Sask
      Griffin, Doug
      2/24/1970
      800 didn't come to P.M.'s breakfast, A monster breakfast rally marking the Toronto wind-up of Prime Minister Diefenbaker's election campaign turned ou(...)
      800 didn't come to P.M.'s breakfast, A monster breakfast rally marking the Toronto wind-up of Prime Minister Diefenbaker's election campaign turned ou(...)
      Roworth, Eddy
      4/4/1963
      New voyages to North-America. Containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent; their customs, commerce, and way of navigation upon the lakes and rivers; the several attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another; with the reasons of the miscarriage of the former; and the various adventures between the French, and the Iroquese confederates of England, from 1683 to 1694. A geographical description of Canada, and a natural history of the country, with remarks upon their government, and the interest of the English and French in their commerce. Also a dialogue between the author and a general of the savages, giving a full view of the religion and strange opinions of those people; with an account of the author's retreat to Portugal and Denmark, and his remards on those courts. To which is added, a dictionary of
      New voyages to North-America. Containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent; their customs, commerce, and way of navigation upon the lakes and rivers; the several attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another; with the reasons of the miscarriage of the former; and the various adventures between the French, and the Iroquese confederates of England, from 1683 to 1694. A geographical description of Canada, and a natural history of the country, with remarks upon their government, and the interest of the English and French in their commerce. Also a dialogue between the author and a general of the savages, giving a full view of the religion and strange opinions of those people; with an account of the author's retreat to Portugal and Denmark, and his remards on those courts. To which is added, a dictionary of
      Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, baron de, 1666-1716
      1735
      Resigns. Robert Macaulay, former Ontario energy resources minister, has given up his House seat for health reasons.
      Resigns. Robert Macaulay, former Ontario energy resources minister, has given up his House seat for health reasons.
      MacAuley, Robert
      5/12/1964
      Prime Minister Diefenbaker met friend on stroll down Prince Albert main street Saturday afternoon greeting constituents
      Prime Minister Diefenbaker met friend on stroll down Prince Albert main street Saturday afternoon greeting constituents
      Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979
      3/4/1963
      Favorite son, former prime minister John Diefenbaker told the East York Progressive Conservative Association that high federal spending and Prime Mini(...)
      Favorite son, former prime minister John Diefenbaker told the East York Progressive Conservative Association that high federal spending and Prime Mini(...)
      Bull, Ron
      3/15/1974
      Former prime minister John Diefenbaker relaxes on patio at his Barbados cottage while working on final volume of his memoirs. Star writer Val Sears sa(...)
      Former prime minister John Diefenbaker relaxes on patio at his Barbados cottage while working on final volume of his memoirs. Star writer Val Sears sa(...)
      Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979
      1/23/1977
      Down on a pier with Pierre. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau dangles his legs over floating platform's guardrails after finishing impromptu jig for a crowd in Quebec's Lac St. Jean region Saturday
      Down on a pier with Pierre. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau dangles his legs over floating platform's guardrails after finishing impromptu jig for a crowd in Quebec's Lac St. Jean region Saturday
      Spremo, Boris
      8/5/1969
      The Star today begins publication of six excerpts from the third, final volume of John diefenbaker's memoirs, The Tumultuous Years. Here Dief, left, g(...)
      The Star today begins publication of six excerpts from the third, final volume of John diefenbaker's memoirs, The Tumultuous Years. Here Dief, left, g(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      n.d.
      Former prime minister John Diefenbaker shows Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award to Ellen Fairclough, a former minister in his government, as Conservative MP Robert Coates looks on
      Former prime minister John Diefenbaker shows Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award to Ellen Fairclough, a former minister in his government, as Conservative MP Robert Coates looks on
      Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979
      10/2/1977