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Mosquitoes breed at unused dam, The water in the abandoned Erindale dam, TOP, dropped eight feet this spring when frost took out a large V-shaped piec(...)

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Mosquitoes breed at unused dam, The water in the abandoned Erindale dam, TOP, dropped eight feet this spring when frost took out a large V-shaped piec(...)

Date7/11/1941

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Mosquitoes breed at unused dam; The water in the abandoned Erindale dam; TOP; dropped eight feet this spring when frost took out a large V-shaped piece of cement. Delmar Barker; nearby resident blames this for prevalence of mosquitoes during the past few weeks.

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106319F

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