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Survival instructor Bill Garrard cuts a feather stick - an easy way to start a fire - during a demonstration of wilderness survival techniques in the Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Three fires 50 yards apart in a triangle is the standrad signal to alert a
Survival instructor Bill Garrard cuts a feather stick - an easy way to start a fire - during a demonstration of wilderness survival techniques in the Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Three fires 50 yards apart in a triangle is the standrad signal to alert a

Survival instructor Bill Garrard cuts a feather stick - an easy way to start a fire - during a demonstration of wilderness survival techniques in the Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Three fires 50 yards apart in a triangle is the standrad signal to alert a

Date1/22/1978
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Controversy surrounds, survival instructor Berndt Berglund's professional claims and a federal government department has shelved plans to employ him. He is seen working in swamp area near National Wilderness Survival school, which has received more than $74,000 in government grants since last November.
Controversy surrounds, survival instructor Berndt Berglund's professional claims and a federal government department has shelved plans to employ him. He is seen working in swamp area near National Wilderness Survival school, which has received more than $74,000 in government grants since last November.
8/9/1977
Fire Guts Terra cotta inn. Firemen battle balze that destroyed the Terra Cotta Inn, well-known restaurant, 10 miles northwest of Brampton, early this (...)
Fire Guts Terra cotta inn. Firemen battle balze that destroyed the Terra Cotta Inn, well-known restaurant, 10 miles northwest of Brampton, early this (...)
8/16/1974
Fire guts terra cotta inn. Firemen battle blaze that destroyed the Terra Cotta Inn, well-known restaurant, 10 miles northwest of Brampton, early this (...)
Fire guts terra cotta inn. Firemen battle blaze that destroyed the Terra Cotta Inn, well-known restaurant, 10 miles northwest of Brampton, early this (...)
8/16/1974
Panhandling Ducks at the Terra Cotta conservation area will soon begin to feel the pinch of the season as visitors to the popular recreational area be(...)
Panhandling Ducks at the Terra Cotta conservation area will soon begin to feel the pinch of the season as visitors to the popular recreational area be(...)
9/24/1972
Training at no cost was offered to unemployed men with licenses by driving school president. A. Disney, right. But Disney writes that the Rehabilitation Board sent no applicants. Above, he discusses school's driving techniques with instructor Frank Gerengser, left.
Training at no cost was offered to unemployed men with licenses by driving school president. A. Disney, right. But Disney writes that the Rehabilitation Board sent no applicants. Above, he discusses school's driving techniques with instructor Frank Gerengser, left.
12/7/1972
Survival bird, Oakville sculptor Josef Petriska stands beside his famous sculpture of a metal bird, Struggle For Survival, a symbol for his protest ag(...)
Survival bird, Oakville sculptor Josef Petriska stands beside his famous sculpture of a metal bird, Struggle For Survival, a symbol for his protest ag(...)
8/23/1986
Stick to your guns Mr. Premier. Ontario Premier William Davis in gunner's helmet, fires the 4-inch foward guns on the HMCS Haida at Ontario Place yest(...)
Stick to your guns Mr. Premier. Ontario Premier William Davis in gunner's helmet, fires the 4-inch foward guns on the HMCS Haida at Ontario Place yest(...)
6/17/1983
The target: A Hydro powerline corridor was planned to run over the property at Terra Cotta where Lee Symmes was already building a house
The target: A Hydro powerline corridor was planned to run over the property at Terra Cotta where Lee Symmes was already building a house
9/27/1972
I'm ignored by Canadian critics,' says sculpto Bill McElcheran, who is standing in front of terra cotta panel he designed in the Atrium on Bay, leadin(...)
I'm ignored by Canadian critics,' says sculpto Bill McElcheran, who is standing in front of terra cotta panel he designed in the Atrium on Bay, leadin(...)
3/9/1985
Terra Cotta Inn
Terra Cotta Inn
2/23/1994
No delivery: Ted Romboough, owner of the Terra Cotta General Store, says the post office in his store may be closed when the current postmistress retires
No delivery: Ted Romboough, owner of the Terra Cotta General Store, says the post office in his store may be closed when the current postmistress retires
5/4/1989
Bucking for a berth. Rachel Hunter, 22, of Terra Cotta, shown here with 11-year-old King Plantagenet, is waiting to find out whether she will get the (...)
Bucking for a berth. Rachel Hunter, 22, of Terra Cotta, shown here with 11-year-old King Plantagenet, is waiting to find out whether she will get the (...)
5/11/1992