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Roughing it, How many Metro campers stay out all year? Nick Ratkovic, 39, has survived the winter in a factory after Harbor Police bulldozed his makeshift waterfront shack
Roughing it, How many Metro campers stay out all year? Nick Ratkovic, 39, has survived the winter in a factory after Harbor Police bulldozed his makeshift waterfront shack

Roughing it, How many Metro campers stay out all year? Nick Ratkovic, 39, has survived the winter in a factory after Harbor Police bulldozed his makeshift waterfront shack

Date3/24/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Roughing it, How many Metro campers stay out all year? Nick Ratkovic, 39, has survived the winter in a factory after Harbor Police bulldozed his makeshift waterfront shack.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0008311F
      He's content: Nick Ratkovic says, Unless somebody throws me out, I'm staying the winter in the plywood shack he built for himself on Cherry Beach
      He's content: Nick Ratkovic says, Unless somebody throws me out, I'm staying the winter in the plywood shack he built for himself on Cherry Beach
      Brazao, Dale
      11/18/1980
      Protected against the elements, Paulette Bellemore, 22, is well bundled against the cold as she sets out through the bush. Winter campers sing the pra(...)
      Protected against the elements, Paulette Bellemore, 22, is well bundled against the cold as she sets out through the bush. Winter campers sing the pra(...)
      Combs, Erin
      1/31/1977
      All he needed: Nick Ratkovic showed the Star his cabin earlier this year
      All he needed: Nick Ratkovic showed the Star his cabin earlier this year
      Cooper, David
      10/9/1980
      Proud camper, Alan Wallace, 13, displays colorful badges he has collected during National Campers and Hikers Association meets. Pennants decorating th(...)
      Proud camper, Alan Wallace, 13, displays colorful badges he has collected during National Campers and Hikers Association meets. Pennants decorating th(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      6/12/1972
      Trying to cross the University of Toronto campus after being evicted from their week-old tent city, young campers are blocked by police. A moment late(...)
      Trying to cross the University of Toronto campus after being evicted from their week-old tent city, young campers are blocked by police. A moment late(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/19/1971
      Blue Jay has clout: Blue Jay baseball player Glenallen Hill recently visited the Breathless Wonders Asthma Day Camp in North York to participate in a game with young campers
      Blue Jay has clout: Blue Jay baseball player Glenallen Hill recently visited the Breathless Wonders Asthma Day Camp in North York to participate in a game with young campers
      Faught, Ken
      7/27/1990
      One of the first of 40,000 campers expected in Brantford by Friday, Kathy Shaughnessy of Miami, sunbathes in Mohawk Park. The U.S. National Campers an(...)
      One of the first of 40,000 campers expected in Brantford by Friday, Kathy Shaughnessy of Miami, sunbathes in Mohawk Park. The U.S. National Campers an(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      7/8/1971
      Mailbox was overturned in a scuffle between police and evicted campers yesterday morning in front of the Central Library, where one constable used his(...)
      Mailbox was overturned in a scuffle between police and evicted campers yesterday morning in front of the Central Library, where one constable used his(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/18/1971
      Rushing out. Thousands of campers, cottagers and just plain holiday travellers couldn't wait to get a head start on the Simcoe Day weekend. But the bu(...)
      Rushing out. Thousands of campers, cottagers and just plain holiday travellers couldn't wait to get a head start on the Simcoe Day weekend. But the bu(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      8/1/1980
      11-year-old Michael Broughton and 60-year-old Roland Adams, who was one of the original campers in 1922, dangle their feet in Cold Creek. Bolton Camp, Ontario
      11-year-old Michael Broughton and 60-year-old Roland Adams, who was one of the original campers in 1922, dangle their feet in Cold Creek. Bolton Camp, Ontario
      Adams, Roland
      7/23/1972
      Leading actor Saul Rubinek has written a book, So Many Miracles, based on interviews with his parents about how they survived the Holocaust in Poland
      Leading actor Saul Rubinek has written a book, So Many Miracles, based on interviews with his parents about how they survived the Holocaust in Poland
      Rubinek, Saul
      10/7/1988
      Visitors to Algonquin Park can rent canoes and travel throughout the 1,862,402 acres of the park, but campers, who make up 80 per cent of the park's users, are restricted to a 60-mile arc on its southern border.
      Visitors to Algonquin Park can rent canoes and travel throughout the 1,862,402 acres of the park, but campers, who make up 80 per cent of the park's users, are restricted to a 60-mile arc on its southern border.
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      9/10/1969