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Oakville power squadron boats line the Sixteen Mile Creek in downtown Oakville, Canada's richest community for sixth consecutive year is home of 62,00(...)
Oakville power squadron boats line the Sixteen Mile Creek in downtown Oakville, Canada's richest community for sixth consecutive year is home of 62,00(...)

Oakville power squadron boats line the Sixteen Mile Creek in downtown Oakville, Canada's richest community for sixth consecutive year is home of 62,00(...)

Date10/4/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Oakville power squadron boats line the Sixteen Mile Creek in downtown Oakville; Canada's richest community for sixth consecutive year is home of 62;000 people; 3 yacht clubs; 9 major parks; 37 smaller ones; 4 covered rinks; 2 indoor swimming pools; 3 pet hospitals and plans a $1.6 million performing arts centre. Based on study of income tax returns for 1972; federal figures show Oakville's average personal income was $9;945 compared with national average of $7;748.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0107146F
It's the biggest rink around, Sixteen Mile Creek was a popular place with Oakville skaters over the weekend, and hundreds turned out to glide over it.(...)
It's the biggest rink around, Sixteen Mile Creek was a popular place with Oakville skaters over the weekend, and hundreds turned out to glide over it.(...)
1/14/1973
Recalls Oakville's great past. Days when Oakville's harbor and river mouth were crowded with boats and freighters and when oxen-drawn wagons loaded do(...)
Recalls Oakville's great past. Days when Oakville's harbor and river mouth were crowded with boats and freighters and when oxen-drawn wagons loaded do(...)
5/2/1932
Lines form again at building sites, Prospective home buyers line up at the Joshua Creek development at Ford Dr. and Upper Middle Rd. in Oakville Wedne(...)
Lines form again at building sites, Prospective home buyers line up at the Joshua Creek development at Ford Dr. and Upper Middle Rd. in Oakville Wedne(...)
2/15/1994
Lady commodores, the first in Ontario, are running to yacht clubs this year: Hilda Stewart, above, at the Oakville Yacht Squadron, and Marjorie Hare at Toronto's National Yacht Club
Lady commodores, the first in Ontario, are running to yacht clubs this year: Hilda Stewart, above, at the Oakville Yacht Squadron, and Marjorie Hare at Toronto's National Yacht Club
6/22/1989
Lady commodores, the first in Ontario, are running two yacht clubs this year: Hilda Stewart, above, at the Oakville Yacht Squadron, and Marjorie Hare at Toronto's National Yacht Club
Lady commodores, the first in Ontario, are running two yacht clubs this year: Hilda Stewart, above, at the Oakville Yacht Squadron, and Marjorie Hare at Toronto's National Yacht Club
6/22/1989
Not a Breeze, Sailors who went out into Lake Ontario last night for the regular Oakville Yacht Squadron's Wednesday-night race were becalmed temporari(...)
Not a Breeze, Sailors who went out into Lake Ontario last night for the regular Oakville Yacht Squadron's Wednesday-night race were becalmed temporari(...)
8/18/1978
Torn from its moorings at Oakville Power Boat Club in last night's storm, the Playmate, a cabin cruiser owned by Allan Archer of Burlington, was carri(...)
Torn from its moorings at Oakville Power Boat Club in last night's storm, the Playmate, a cabin cruiser owned by Allan Archer of Burlington, was carri(...)
5/16/1974
Observers were recruited to don hip waders and place booms across Sixteen Mile Creek during demonstration
Observers were recruited to don hip waders and place booms across Sixteen Mile Creek during demonstration
11/16/1978
Eenie, Meenie, Miney . . . There are sailboats, power boats, ski boats, fishing boats, big boats and little boats. [Incomplete]
Eenie, Meenie, Miney . . . There are sailboats, power boats, ski boats, fishing boats, big boats and little boats. [Incomplete]
8/12/1989
Workers at Ford of Canada's Oakville assembly line stand around, waiting for the rhythm of work to flow through their veins again after 29 days away f(...)
Workers at Ford of Canada's Oakville assembly line stand around, waiting for the rhythm of work to flow through their veins again after 29 days away f(...)
11/9/1967
Waves Threaten Oakville Lakeshore Homes yesterday as winds of up to 40 miles an hour threw 10-foot waves hundreds of feet inland. Ten acres of area pa(...)
Waves Threaten Oakville Lakeshore Homes yesterday as winds of up to 40 miles an hour threw 10-foot waves hundreds of feet inland. Ten acres of area pa(...)
4/9/1973
Walls and ceiling of a 10-foot-long corridor at the Community Youth Programs Group Home in Oakville are being covered by a mural created by Matt Steel(...)
Walls and ceiling of a 10-foot-long corridor at the Community Youth Programs Group Home in Oakville are being covered by a mural created by Matt Steel(...)
12/20/1977