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Salmon are back - this is no fish story, Natural Resources worker John Bisset checks an Atlantic salmon taken from Credit River for testing. After a r(...)
Salmon are back - this is no fish story, Natural Resources worker John Bisset checks an Atlantic salmon taken from Credit River for testing. After a r(...)

Salmon are back - this is no fish story, Natural Resources worker John Bisset checks an Atlantic salmon taken from Credit River for testing. After a r(...)

Date10/26/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Salmon are back - this is no fish story; Natural Resources worker John Bisset checks an Atlantic salmon taken from Credit River for testing. After a restocking program; the silver-toned fish are back in the river for the first time in 100 years.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0007044F
      Helping hand: Natural Resources Minister Vince Kerrio gets a helping hand from Theodore Haines, 76, of Cheltenham, at a stocking of Atlantic salmon in th Credit River
      Helping hand: Natural Resources Minister Vince Kerrio gets a helping hand from Theodore Haines, 76, of Cheltenham, at a stocking of Atlantic salmon in th Credit River
      Calleja, Frank
      4/28/1988
      Flowing escape: Ministry of Natrual Resources research scientist Mike Jones steadies a pipe releasing young Atlantic salmon into the Credit River
      Flowing escape: Ministry of Natrual Resources research scientist Mike Jones steadies a pipe releasing young Atlantic salmon into the Credit River
      Calleja, Frank
      5/2/1989
      Lending a helping hand to nature, Brampton Mayor Ken Whillans, left, and Ontario's Natural Resources Minister Vince Kerrio tip Atlantic Salmon smoits (...)
      Lending a helping hand to nature, Brampton Mayor Ken Whillans, left, and Ontario's Natural Resources Minister Vince Kerrio tip Atlantic Salmon smoits (...)
      Calleja, Frank
      4/28/1988
      New salmon hatchery opens, Ontario's Minister of Natural Resources Alan Pope (right) presents a plaque to John Brooks (left), The Star's director of c(...)
      New salmon hatchery opens, Ontario's Minister of Natural Resources Alan Pope (right) presents a plaque to John Brooks (left), The Star's director of c(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      6/27/1984
      Great catch for winner, Natural Resources Minister John Snobelen, right, presents William Beacham of Dundas and wife Diana with Great Salmon Hunt gran(...)
      Great catch for winner, Natural Resources Minister John Snobelen, right, presents William Beacham of Dundas and wife Diana with Great Salmon Hunt gran(...)
      Mahler, John
      9/13/1998
      Salmon get a splashing send-off, Conservation officers Dave Ferguson, left, and Rick Ladouceur of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, release f(...)
      Salmon get a splashing send-off, Conservation officers Dave Ferguson, left, and Rick Ladouceur of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, release f(...)
      Stuparyk, Michael
      10/6/1987
      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
      Ready to go: A handful of Atlantic salmon smolts is scooped up from this tub to be released into the Credit River last week as part a stocking program to revive the species
      Ready to go: A handful of Atlantic salmon smolts is scooped up from this tub to be released into the Credit River last week as part a stocking program to revive the species
      Calleja, Frank
      4/28/1988
      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
      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
      Pulled from the credit, Brampton angler Chris Rwoopan shows off a 25-pound King salmon he caught in the Credit River
      Pulled from the credit, Brampton angler Chris Rwoopan shows off a 25-pound King salmon he caught in the Credit River
      Calleja, Frank
      10/28/1987
      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