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A paradise for ducks, this marsh near Aurora was created by damming an intermittent stream
A paradise for ducks, this marsh near Aurora was created by damming an intermittent stream

A paradise for ducks, this marsh near Aurora was created by damming an intermittent stream

Date4/22/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: A paradise for ducks; this marsh near Aurora was created by damming an intermittent stream. Money for it came from Ducks Unlimited; a U.S. organization that will spend $7 million this year developing waterfowl nesting grounds in Canada. Doug Corbridge; provincial manager; says: We rehabilitate and preserve marshlands.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0003918F
      Thirty years ago you could shoot wild ducks in the heart of the Holland Marsh, south of Bradford, and nobody would hear your shots
      Thirty years ago you could shoot wild ducks in the heart of the Holland Marsh, south of Bradford, and nobody would hear your shots
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/11/1958
      The family cemetery, located in a beautiful spot near a stream where duck-billed platypuses play, has its own history lesson to tell, recording early (...)
      The family cemetery, located in a beautiful spot near a stream where duck-billed platypuses play, has its own history lesson to tell, recording early (...)
      Bryant, George
      2/24/1975
      Image shows a number of ducks on the lake with a part of the Harbour that has "Blow Horn" writt…
      yeah! . . . well let's see 'em try to enforce it. A squadon of ducks wintering in Toronto Harbor cruises past boat slip near the Harbor Police Station(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      1/30/1968
      Each year, the flightless birds who can't migrate south - this year's batch includes geese, swans and ducks - winter in a fenced-in and heated enclosure near the greenhouse
      Each year, the flightless birds who can't migrate south - this year's batch includes geese, swans and ducks - winter in a fenced-in and heated enclosure near the greenhouse
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      12/7/1977
      Dozing in the Sun, a variety of ducks and geese bask in the fresh breezes yesterday on the waterfront steps near the Harbor Police, perhaps dreaming t(...)
      Dozing in the Sun, a variety of ducks and geese bask in the fresh breezes yesterday on the waterfront steps near the Harbor Police, perhaps dreaming t(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      3/27/1972
      Great weather for ducks! George Banton of the York borough Animal Shelter helps shepherd ducks across the road from their outdoor cage to their enclos(...)
      Great weather for ducks! George Banton of the York borough Animal Shelter helps shepherd ducks across the road from their outdoor cage to their enclos(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      11/2/1972
      Ducks and Geese caught in oil, As many as 100 geese and ducks, like the one held by Toronto Humane Society officer Gord Haley, have been coated with o(...)
      Ducks and Geese caught in oil, As many as 100 geese and ducks, like the one held by Toronto Humane Society officer Gord Haley, have been coated with o(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      1/2/1976
      First aid for oil-soaked ducks, Ducks in Lake Ontario off Long Branch Park are getting their feathers coated with oil from a spill in the lake and the(...)
      First aid for oil-soaked ducks, Ducks in Lake Ontario off Long Branch Park are getting their feathers coated with oil from a spill in the lake and the(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      1/7/1976
      A school of ducks? The Dunbarton Duck proudly displays the nine ducklings she hatched last week in an enclosed courtyard at Dunbarton High School in P(...)
      A school of ducks? The Dunbarton Duck proudly displays the nine ducklings she hatched last week in an enclosed courtyard at Dunbarton High School in P(...)
      Eglinton, Rick
      4/28/1987
      A rare white muscovy duck, native of North Africa, stands watching cautiously as Albert Sutcliffe feeds the flock of wild ducks that winter in Toronto(...)
      A rare white muscovy duck, native of North Africa, stands watching cautiously as Albert Sutcliffe feeds the flock of wild ducks that winter in Toronto(...)
      Feeny, Edwin
      1/11/1972
      Well-schooled ducks: The Dunbarton Duck herds its latest brood of ducklings across a courtyard at a Pickering high school
      Well-schooled ducks: The Dunbarton Duck herds its latest brood of ducklings across a courtyard at a Pickering high school
      Beaty, Keith
      4/30/1986
      Cold duck freed from the ice. Rescuing ducks and Canada geese frozen in the ice at the foot of Spadina Ave., Dale Griffin, 22, carries a mallard he ha(...)
      Cold duck freed from the ice. Rescuing ducks and Canada geese frozen in the ice at the foot of Spadina Ave., Dale Griffin, 22, carries a mallard he ha(...)
      Loek, Dick
      2/4/1976