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Hull to follow: Diver Frank Sheppard helps Captain John Letnik salvage a door from his sunken marine restaurant, the Normac, which is being raised from Toronto Harbor
Hull to follow: Diver Frank Sheppard helps Captain John Letnik salvage a door from his sunken marine restaurant, the Normac, which is being raised from Toronto Harbor

Hull to follow: Diver Frank Sheppard helps Captain John Letnik salvage a door from his sunken marine restaurant, the Normac, which is being raised from Toronto Harbor

Date6/2/1986
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0062687F
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Restaurants and Taverns - Captain John's - Normac
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Restaurants and Taverns - Captain John's - Normac
6/2/1981
Captain John: His real name is John Letnik and he's to be found on either one of his two floating restaurants on Lake Ontario at the foot of Yonge St
Captain John: His real name is John Letnik and he's to be found on either one of his two floating restaurants on Lake Ontario at the foot of Yonge St
3/24/1981
John Letnik: Restaurant owner had tears in his eyes as his ship hit the harbor bottom.
John Letnik: Restaurant owner had tears in his eyes as his ship hit the harbor bottom.
6/16/1981
Restaurateur Captain John Letnik serves up a fine feast yesterday to Wes and Shirley, in the third annual lunch for needy people at Captain John's restaurant on Queen's Quay
Restaurateur Captain John Letnik serves up a fine feast yesterday to Wes and Shirley, in the third annual lunch for needy people at Captain John's restaurant on Queen's Quay
10/15/1998
Cannon Balls Raised From Sunken Warships, Flags of three nations which in turn have held possession of the territory dominated by Fort Niagara (Upper)(...)
Cannon Balls Raised From Sunken Warships, Flags of three nations which in turn have held possession of the territory dominated by Fort Niagara (Upper)(...)
3/12/1938
A Deserter from the U.S. Marines, Virgil Ray Polston, 20, helps his wife, Lorraine, feed their new daughter, Tammy Coreen. Polston came in Toronto, go(...)
A Deserter from the U.S. Marines, Virgil Ray Polston, 20, helps his wife, Lorraine, feed their new daughter, Tammy Coreen. Polston came in Toronto, go(...)
6/15/1972
John Letnik: People don't know he has another floating restaurant still operating, he says.
John Letnik: People don't know he has another floating restaurant still operating, he says.
n.d.
The surprising travels and adventures of Baron Munchausen : in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Ætna, into the South Sea : a voyage into the moon and dog star, with many extraordinary particulars relative to the cooking animals in those planets, which are there called the human species : a sequel, containing his expediton into Africa, his being buried in a whirlwind of sand, feasts on live bulls, builds a bridge from thence to Great Britain, supported by a single arch, visits the islands in the South Sea, &c. &c. and raises the hull of the Royal George, &c. &c. : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, &c
The surprising travels and adventures of Baron Munchausen : in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Ætna, into the South Sea : a voyage into the moon and dog star, with many extraordinary particulars relative to the cooking animals in those planets, which are there called the human species : a sequel, containing his expediton into Africa, his being buried in a whirlwind of sand, feasts on live bulls, builds a bridge from thence to Great Britain, supported by a single arch, visits the islands in the South Sea, &c. &c. and raises the hull of the Royal George, &c. &c. : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, &c
1851
Corni Weibe, left, and Jake Weibe, back, help neighbor John Unrah salvage his stove
Corni Weibe, left, and Jake Weibe, back, help neighbor John Unrah salvage his stove
4/26/1979
Sunken ship to be raised
Sunken ship to be raised
1/1/1986
The bodies of three fishermen were found early today in the mangled wreck of the Captain K, Left, which was raised from Lake Erie yesterday. The smelt(...)
The bodies of three fishermen were found early today in the mangled wreck of the Captain K, Left, which was raised from Lake Erie yesterday. The smelt(...)
3/31/1991
No sale: Frank Pougnet stands beside the sign he has put up on his Mississauga door to discourage real estate agents from offering to sell his house which backs on to a golf course near Dixie
No sale: Frank Pougnet stands beside the sign he has put up on his Mississauga door to discourage real estate agents from offering to sell his house which backs on to a golf course near Dixie
4/6/1987