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Doesn't matter how many species of salmon there are, these entrants in last year's Hunt are proud as punch of the species they caught
Doesn't matter how many species of salmon there are, these entrants in last year's Hunt are proud as punch of the species they caught

Doesn't matter how many species of salmon there are, these entrants in last year's Hunt are proud as punch of the species they caught

Date9/23/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Doesn't matter how many species of salmon there are; these entrants in last year's Hunt are proud as punch of the species they caught.
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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_0119408F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Taking a dive is Tippy, one of the entrants in the dog swimming race being held at the CNE tomorrow
Taking a dive is Tippy, one of the entrants in the dog swimming race being held at the CNE tomorrow
8/17/1973
Something fishy, The Star's Great Salmon Hunt got into full swing yesterday, the first day that large number of fish were caught
Something fishy, The Star's Great Salmon Hunt got into full swing yesterday, the first day that large number of fish were caught
8/31/1979
Fine catch: Blair Dawson, left, biologist for the ministry of natural resources, and Ken loftus, provincial fisheries scientist, admire coho caught in The Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
Fine catch: Blair Dawson, left, biologist for the ministry of natural resources, and Ken loftus, provincial fisheries scientist, admire coho caught in The Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
9/22/1980
Jim Clarke: He caught the prized coho in the Star's Great Salmon Hunt, but the contest is now over and the former $1-million fish is technically worth nothing
Jim Clarke: He caught the prized coho in the Star's Great Salmon Hunt, but the contest is now over and the former $1-million fish is technically worth nothing
11/5/1982
Ready to go: A handful of Atlantic salmon smolts is scooped up from this tub to be released into the Credit River last week as part a stocking program to revive the species
Ready to go: A handful of Atlantic salmon smolts is scooped up from this tub to be released into the Credit River last week as part a stocking program to revive the species
4/28/1988
Catchy catch, The fishin' was fine, by anyone's scale, and Ivan Sut - aboard the Charter I - had this 17-pound coho salmon to display yesterday as his entry in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt
Catchy catch, The fishin' was fine, by anyone's scale, and Ivan Sut - aboard the Charter I - had this 17-pound coho salmon to display yesterday as his entry in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt
9/4/1979
Salmon Hunt takes to the air Don McDonnell, skipper of the Star's salmon [Incomplete]
Salmon Hunt takes to the air Don McDonnell, skipper of the Star's salmon [Incomplete]
8/26/1980
Don McCrae hoists the 38.74-pound chinook salmon he caught at 1:30 a.m. yesterday in Lake Ontario. It's the first entry in the 1991 Toronto Star Great(...)
Don McCrae hoists the 38.74-pound chinook salmon he caught at 1:30 a.m. yesterday in Lake Ontario. It's the first entry in the 1991 Toronto Star Great(...)
7/6/1991
Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
8/16/1980
Big winner: Danny Patrick of Trenton shows off his new 26-foot cruiser, just part of his $125,000 booty as grand prize winner of the Great Salmon Hunt
Big winner: Danny Patrick of Trenton shows off his new 26-foot cruiser, just part of his $125,000 booty as grand prize winner of the Great Salmon Hunt
9/3/1989
Great catch for winner, Natural Resources Minister John Snobelen, right, presents William Beacham of Dundas and wife Diana with Great Salmon Hunt gran(...)
Great catch for winner, Natural Resources Minister John Snobelen, right, presents William Beacham of Dundas and wife Diana with Great Salmon Hunt gran(...)
9/13/1998
Bruce Oliver, right, and John Wylie display record catch that earned Oliver the grand prize in Toronto Star Great Salmon Hunt/D8
Bruce Oliver, right, and John Wylie display record catch that earned Oliver the grand prize in Toronto Star Great Salmon Hunt/D8
9/9/1990