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Sail-past salute, In a sail-past yesterday, fire boat William Lyon Mackenzie salutes the Toronto Harbor Police at Harborfront, the CN Tower rising maj(...)
Sail-past salute, In a sail-past yesterday, fire boat William Lyon Mackenzie salutes the Toronto Harbor Police at Harborfront, the CN Tower rising maj(...)

Sail-past salute, In a sail-past yesterday, fire boat William Lyon Mackenzie salutes the Toronto Harbor Police at Harborfront, the CN Tower rising maj(...)

Date5/19/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sail-past salute; In a sail-past yesterday; fire boat William Lyon Mackenzie salutes the Toronto Harbor Police at Harborfront; the CN Tower rising majestically in the background. The event was one of many during Victoria Day holiday weekend.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112339F
An 8-hose salute greets new freighter, With eight hoses spraying water high in the air, a Toronto fireboat gives a welcoming salute in Toronto Harbor today to a new lake freighter
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1/2/1984
The filing's always done last, Toronto Harbour commission worker Carlos Camelo files the finishing touches on the 142-centimetre (56-inch) propeller of the William Lyon Mackenzie
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9/13/1989
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A blast from the past
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The Bluenose II Sails In, Steering by the CN Tower, the Bluenose II sails for Toronto today on its way to Harborfront, where it will be on view throug(...)
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6/3/1975
Fire Chief retires, Yorkville District Fire Chief Douglas Begley retired yesterday, just short of his 65th birthday, after 42 years with Toronto Fire Department, 10 of them at Yorkville
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Fire-fighters carried to last resting place, In (1) is shown a small portion of the thousands of citizens who lined the streets yesterday to pay their(...)
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