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The Niagara Belle is at Ontario place, Capt

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The Niagara Belle is at Ontario place, Capt

Date5/14/1972

Names

Darrell, Dick (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: The Niagara Belle is at Ontario place; Capt. Percy Tucker stands in front of the Niagara Belle; a 195-ton copy of an old Mississippi River stern-wheeler he brought to Ontario Place from Fort Erie; through the Welland Canal and across the lake. Ontario Place is negotiating with the owner; Don Pressi of Welland area; to keep the Belle here for the summer to use on sightseeing cruises. He has been running similar cruises in the Niagara area.

Subject

Steam-navigation

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014318F

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