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Tempertures in the 90's humidity even higher sent Metro residents to beaches yesterday, thousands of them choosing Wasaga Beach, on Georgian Bay. The (...)
Tempertures in the 90's humidity even higher sent Metro residents to beaches yesterday, thousands of them choosing Wasaga Beach, on Georgian Bay. The (...)

Tempertures in the 90's humidity even higher sent Metro residents to beaches yesterday, thousands of them choosing Wasaga Beach, on Georgian Bay. The (...)

Date7/23/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tempertures in the 90's humidity even higher sent Metro residents to beaches yesterday, thousands of them choosing Wasaga Beach, on Georgian Bay. The heat wave is in its final stages, however; tomorrow will be cooler.
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Wasaga Beach was a great place to cool off yesterday for thousands of visitors before making the long drive home at the end of the Labor Day weekend. (...)
Wasaga Beach was a great place to cool off yesterday for thousands of visitors before making the long drive home at the end of the Labor Day weekend. (...)
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Fleeing week-end heat, thousands of Torontonians sought relief on the beaches and in the water
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