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Coho is a peace offering. The 15-pound coho salmon Rita Ivens caught yesterday at the mouth of the Credit River will be a present to her husband. She (...)
Coho is a peace offering. The 15-pound coho salmon Rita Ivens caught yesterday at the mouth of the Credit River will be a present to her husband. She (...)

Coho is a peace offering. The 15-pound coho salmon Rita Ivens caught yesterday at the mouth of the Credit River will be a present to her husband. She (...)

Date9/17/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Coho is a peace offering. The 15-pound coho salmon Rita Ivens caught yesterday at the mouth of the Credit River will be a present to her husband. She says he didn't know she had taken the car to go fishing and the catch will make him happy that she did.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0007029F
      A 13-pound Coho Salmon was landed by Star photographer Bob Olsen yesterday off the mouth of the Credit
      A 13-pound Coho Salmon was landed by Star photographer Bob Olsen yesterday off the mouth of the Credit
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      8/27/1975
      A good catch. A fisherman herself, Mayor Hazel McCallion admires 15-pound coho salmon Councillor Larry Taylor, seen with her, caught outside Port Cred(...)
      A good catch. A fisherman herself, Mayor Hazel McCallion admires 15-pound coho salmon Councillor Larry Taylor, seen with her, caught outside Port Cred(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      10/6/1980
      Hundreds of fishermen lined the banks at mouth of the Credit River yesterday, seeking the coho salmon
      Hundreds of fishermen lined the banks at mouth of the Credit River yesterday, seeking the coho salmon
      Griffin, Doug
      9/12/1975
      Only about 200 fish were actually weighed by the 1,650 entrants in the coho salmon derby over the weekend in the Credit River, one of them was caught (...)
      Only about 200 fish were actually weighed by the 1,650 entrants in the coho salmon derby over the weekend in the Credit River, one of them was caught (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      9/20/1975
      Nothing fishy about this one. Deligated angler Jim Parsons displays the big one he landed in the Credit River yesterday-nearly 15 pounds of coho salmo(...)
      Nothing fishy about this one. Deligated angler Jim Parsons displays the big one he landed in the Credit River yesterday-nearly 15 pounds of coho salmo(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      10/16/1974
      First Coho Salmon she has caught in Lake Ontario is displayed by Councillor Hazel McCallion along with catch of other members of her fishing party. Th(...)
      First Coho Salmon she has caught in Lake Ontario is displayed by Councillor Hazel McCallion along with catch of other members of her fishing party. Th(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      9/12/1977
      Catchy catch, The fishin' was fine, by anyone's scale, and Ivan Sut - aboard the Charter I - had this 17-pound coho salmon to display yesterday as his entry in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt
      Catchy catch, The fishin' was fine, by anyone's scale, and Ivan Sut - aboard the Charter I - had this 17-pound coho salmon to display yesterday as his entry in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt
      Spremo, Boris
      9/4/1979
      Undeterred by warnings from the Ontario health ministry, hundreds of fishermen swarmed the banks and bridges on the Credit River during the weekend, seeking coho salmon
      Undeterred by warnings from the Ontario health ministry, hundreds of fishermen swarmed the banks and bridges on the Credit River during the weekend, seeking coho salmon
      Slaughter, Mike
      10/5/1975
      Salmon fight the credit. Although most freshwater fish spawn in spring, Lake Ontario's coho and chinook salmon can't forget they are originally from t(...)
      Salmon fight the credit. Although most freshwater fish spawn in spring, Lake Ontario's coho and chinook salmon can't forget they are originally from t(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      10/24/1977
      Fine catch: Blair Dawson, left, biologist for the ministry of natural resources, and Ken loftus, provincial fisheries scientist, admire coho caught in The Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
      Fine catch: Blair Dawson, left, biologist for the ministry of natural resources, and Ken loftus, provincial fisheries scientist, admire coho caught in The Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
      Power, John
      9/22/1980
      Jim Clarke: He caught the prized coho in the Star's Great Salmon Hunt, but the contest is now over and the former $1-million fish is technically worth nothing
      Jim Clarke: He caught the prized coho in the Star's Great Salmon Hunt, but the contest is now over and the former $1-million fish is technically worth nothing
      Lennon, Frank
      11/5/1982
      Proud fisherman Chris Blacher of Scarborough shows off 10-pound coho he caught yesterday about five miles from the Lakeview generating station in Lake(...)
      Proud fisherman Chris Blacher of Scarborough shows off 10-pound coho he caught yesterday about five miles from the Lakeview generating station in Lake(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      8/19/1976