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Seven people snowshoeing in a park. 
"Winter sports" snowshoeing on Grenadier Pond, Toronto, Can
Seven people snowshoeing in a park. 

"Winter sports" snowshoeing on Grenadier Pond, Toronto, Can

DateApproximately 1910
Names
FormatPicture
Subject
    GeographyBuilding Monument ParkHigh Park (Toronto, Ontario)
    GeographyGeographical FeatureGrenadier Pond (Toronto, Ontario)
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodHigh Park
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Postcards
    DimensionsCarrier size: 9 cm x 14 cm (3 9/16 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
    Language
      ProvenanceGift of Norman Attikin

      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberPC_3241
      Large crowd of people skating and playing hockey on a frozen pond.
      Canadian winter sports: skating, Grenadier Pond, Toronto, Canada
      Valentine & Sons
      Approximately 1913
      A group of people lacing up their skates. 
      Canadian winter sports, getting ready, Grenadier Pond, Toronto
      Valentine & Sons
      Approximately 1910
      Seven women skating on a frozen pond.
      Canadian winter sports: a merry bunch, Grenadier Pond, Toronto, Canada
      Valentine & Sons
      Approximately 1910
      Three girls skating on a frozen pond.
      Canadian winter sports: A jolly trio, Grenadier Pond, Toronto, Canada
      Valentine & Sons
      Approximately 1901
      Five woman snowshoeing on a snow covered hill.
      Canadian winter sports: snowshoeing, High Park, Toronto, Canada
      Valentine & Sons
      Approximately 1909
      Colorized photograph of many people walking on a frozen pond with people sitting on the shoreli…
      Grenadier Pond, Toronto: winter
      Valentine & Sons
      1910
      Ducks that winter on Grenadier Pond in High Park get a handout from Annie Magansa, 15, and Alan Potter, 18, to disapproval of waterfowl biologist Robe(...)
      Ducks that winter on Grenadier Pond in High Park get a handout from Annie Magansa, 15, and Alan Potter, 18, to disapproval of waterfowl biologist Robe(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      2/27/1974
      It's good weather for ducks. Grenadier Pond in High Park is free of ice, thanks to the unusually mild winter-and that's just as well: The surface is c(...)
      It's good weather for ducks. Grenadier Pond in High Park is free of ice, thanks to the unusually mild winter-and that's just as well: The surface is c(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      2/3/1975
      She can't quack, and she can't eat, but swimming around Grenadier Pond with beverage can pull-ring sealing her beak shut after she pecked at it, Ringo(...)
      She can't quack, and she can't eat, but swimming around Grenadier Pond with beverage can pull-ring sealing her beak shut after she pecked at it, Ringo(...)
      Feeny, Edwin
      11/3/1971
      Fair warning for water fowl. Ducks wintering on Grenadier Pond can ignore the warning sign but you had better not. It got as warm as 11C (52F) yesterd(...)
      Fair warning for water fowl. Ducks wintering on Grenadier Pond can ignore the warning sign but you had better not. It got as warm as 11C (52F) yesterd(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      12/20/1988
      Snowmobiling is more like motorcycling, says reader, below, than a true outdoor sport like snowshoeing
      Snowmobiling is more like motorcycling, says reader, below, than a true outdoor sport like snowshoeing
      Loek, Dick
      12/27/1972
      Rennie, William, house, Ellis Avenue, east side, around Grenadier Heights, looking west from Grenadier Pond
      Rennie, William, house, Ellis Avenue, east side, around Grenadier Heights, looking west from Grenadier Pond
      Rennie, William
      1900