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Chilly waters of the North Pacific failed to hamper the Canadians when they went ashore at Kiska last August
Chilly waters of the North Pacific failed to hamper the Canadians when they went ashore at Kiska last August

Chilly waters of the North Pacific failed to hamper the Canadians when they went ashore at Kiska last August

Date1/27/1944
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Original Toronto Star caption: Chilly waters of the North Pacific failed to hamper the Canadians when they went ashore at Kiska last August. To their chagrin; the Japs had fled their Aleutian outpost.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
    Object NumberTSPA_0002131F
    Chilly work: Volunteer divers like Hanna Pilar have spent hours in the frigid waters of Georgian Bay working to restore the deteriorating wreck, which attracts 7,000 visitors a year
    Chilly work: Volunteer divers like Hanna Pilar have spent hours in the frigid waters of Georgian Bay working to restore the deteriorating wreck, which attracts 7,000 visitors a year
    Spremo, Boris
    11/5/1982
    Amphibious vehicles of the First Canadian Army show how the battle of the flood waters is being won as the Canadians force their way to the Rhine and (...)
    Amphibious vehicles of the First Canadian Army show how the battle of the flood waters is being won as the Canadians force their way to the Rhine and (...)
    Canada. Canadian Armed Forces
    2/22/1944
    H.M.C.S. Uganda arrives at Esquismalt, B.C., after service in the Pacific. It was Canada's first cruiser only ship fighting in Pacific Waters. The 8,0(...)
    H.M.C.S. Uganda arrives at Esquismalt, B.C., after service in the Pacific. It was Canada's first cruiser only ship fighting in Pacific Waters. The 8,0(...)
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    8/11/1945
    When the Japanese beat a hasty retreat from Kiska island they left behind this emblem of the land of the rising sun
    When the Japanese beat a hasty retreat from Kiska island they left behind this emblem of the land of the rising sun
    Canada. Canadian Armed Forces
    9/10/1943
    Leaders of Canadian troops in the Kiska task force watch transports being loaded with equipment and supplies at a Canadian port for the attack. Left t(...)
    Leaders of Canadian troops in the Kiska task force watch transports being loaded with equipment and supplies at a Canadian port for the attack. Left t(...)
    Canada. Canadian Armed Forces
    8/23/1943
    Huge driftwood logs are tossed ashore on a beach at Pacific Rim National Park, where, as the writer says, the waves have come 5,000 miles to slam the shore
    Huge driftwood logs are tossed ashore on a beach at Pacific Rim National Park, where, as the writer says, the waves have come 5,000 miles to slam the shore
    Bryant, George
    5/16/1990
    Wrecked Zeros on Kiska beach
    Wrecked Zeros on Kiska beach
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    9/7/1943
    At completion of channel swim near Dover, England, coach Gus Ryder is shown wading into water as Marilyn comes ashore on hands and knees. She was 17 w(...)
    At completion of channel swim near Dover, England, coach Gus Ryder is shown wading into water as Marilyn comes ashore on hands and knees. She was 17 w(...)
    Bell, Marilyn, 1937-
    8/10/1956
    Island residents come ashore on the mainland from $1 a ride water taxi while regular ferry service is cut off by today's strike of Local 43, CUPE
    Island residents come ashore on the mainland from $1 a ride water taxi while regular ferry service is cut off by today's strike of Local 43, CUPE
    Teskey, Frank
    4/10/1972
    A truck plows through floodwaters on a road near Leamington, one of the areas worst hit by flooding from heavy rain and water blown ashore from Lake E(...)
    A truck plows through floodwaters on a road near Leamington, one of the areas worst hit by flooding from heavy rain and water blown ashore from Lake E(...)
    Norris, Dave
    11/15/1972
    Eddie Bracken turns himself into one of the characters he plays in You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running at the O'Keefe Centre. [Incomplete]
    Eddie Bracken turns himself into one of the characters he plays in You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running at the O'Keefe Centre. [Incomplete]
    Bracken, Eddie
    2/5/1968
    Sitting on a Chesterfield ruined when treated sewage run-off joined flood waters and overran their properly, Mr
    Sitting on a Chesterfield ruined when treated sewage run-off joined flood waters and overran their properly, Mr
    Feeny, Edwin
    7/28/1971