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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

Bruce Oliver, right, and John Wylie display record catch that earned Oliver the grand prize in Toronto Star Great Salmon Hunt/D8

Date9/9/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bruce Oliver; right; and John Wylie display record catch that earned Oliver the grand prize in Toronto Star Great Salmon Hunt/D8
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0119432F
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
9/23/1974
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
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
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
Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
8/16/1980