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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.
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
Medium
Photographs
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0119408F
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
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
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
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
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
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
First up in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt was Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion, who cast the initial line
First up in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt was Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion, who cast the initial line
8/18/1979
Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
8/16/1980
Frank lafrate of Brampton holds his winning catch in the Toronto Star Great Salmon Hunt, a 36
Frank lafrate of Brampton holds his winning catch in the Toronto Star Great Salmon Hunt, a 36
9/16/1984
Reel deal: Michael Henderson, left, of North Bay, father Steve of Mississauga and Scarborough's Tom Woodside show harvest on opening day of Salmon Hunt
Reel deal: Michael Henderson, left, of North Bay, father Steve of Mississauga and Scarborough's Tom Woodside show harvest on opening day of Salmon Hunt
7/12/1997
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