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Ontario place is making waves, An old pile of rubble in Lake Ontario off Ontario Place went up with a big bang and a big splash yesterday. The rubble (...)
Ontario place is making waves, An old pile of rubble in Lake Ontario off Ontario Place went up with a big bang and a big splash yesterday. The rubble (...)

Ontario place is making waves, An old pile of rubble in Lake Ontario off Ontario Place went up with a big bang and a big splash yesterday. The rubble (...)

Date7/22/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ontario place is making waves; An old pile of rubble in Lake Ontario off Ontario Place went up with a big bang and a big splash yesterday. The rubble was in the southwest channel leading into entertainment centre-marina and was just four feet under the surface; creating a hazard to boats.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112122F
A Big yellow mattress for bouncing on is one of the noisier attractions of the Children's Village at Ontario Place, which opened yesterday with more t(...)
A Big yellow mattress for bouncing on is one of the noisier attractions of the Children's Village at Ontario Place, which opened yesterday with more t(...)
7/2/1972
Two cool cats at the Forum: Cat trainer Lilli-Anna shows who's boss as she puts a leopard through its paces at the All-Star Circus that opened under the Forum's big top at Ontario Place yesterday
Two cool cats at the Forum: Cat trainer Lilli-Anna shows who's boss as she puts a leopard through its paces at the All-Star Circus that opened under the Forum's big top at Ontario Place yesterday
8/23/1983
Ontario place rises from the lake, Ontario Place, a $13 million futuristic playground on and between four man-made islands off Exhibition Park, is rea(...)
Ontario place rises from the lake, Ontario Place, a $13 million futuristic playground on and between four man-made islands off Exhibition Park, is rea(...)
10/29/1970
The kids of summer: Watching the fish through the glass wall at Metro Zoo, and (top picture) the rubber boats are always a big hit at Ontario Place
The kids of summer: Watching the fish through the glass wall at Metro Zoo, and (top picture) the rubber boats are always a big hit at Ontario Place
6/3/1987
The Steel Frame for Ontario Place, the government's pavilion in Lake Ontario, is going up
The Steel Frame for Ontario Place, the government's pavilion in Lake Ontario, is going up
1/7/1970
Ontario Mayors make waves, Georgina Township Mayor John Rogers, No
Ontario Mayors make waves, Georgina Township Mayor John Rogers, No
8/23/1984
Big splash
Big splash
8/31/1973
All in at once for big C.N.E. Swim, Splash, and 80 men plunge for the 10-mile marathon swim at Ex - $ 350 has brought entries from all over the continent, hibition Park to-day
All in at once for big C.N.E. Swim, Splash, and 80 men plunge for the 10-mile marathon swim at Ex - $ 350 has brought entries from all over the continent, hibition Park to-day
8/31/1937
CNE's future? The Exhibition Place board of governors says the grand old fairgrounds on the shore of Lake Ontario (above) still has a future. It could(...)
CNE's future? The Exhibition Place board of governors says the grand old fairgrounds on the shore of Lake Ontario (above) still has a future. It could(...)
8/7/1983
The wind's up Surfsailing is making big waves off and on the beaches of Toronto Centrespread
The wind's up Surfsailing is making big waves off and on the beaches of Toronto Centrespread
6/16/1979
Ontario place's 'pod' pavilions are ripening, The sun glints off the glass walls of two of the five exhibit pavilion pods of Ontario Place suspended o(...)
Ontario place's 'pod' pavilions are ripening, The sun glints off the glass walls of two of the five exhibit pavilion pods of Ontario Place suspended o(...)
8/18/1970
The animals meet the animals, Quesar the moose arrives at Ontario Place yesterday as workers take it to its grazing site at a wilderness lake. And a merry group of costumed characters follow
The animals meet the animals, Quesar the moose arrives at Ontario Place yesterday as workers take it to its grazing site at a wilderness lake. And a merry group of costumed characters follow
6/26/1985