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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

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

Date9/22/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
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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_0119444F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
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Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
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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
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Salmon Hunt takes to the air Don McDonnell, skipper of the Star's salmon [Incomplete]
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