Heading out: Grizzly and Cougar armored vehicles sit in the Canadian National Railway yard at Vaughan, north of Metro, waiting to be shipped to Canadian forces in the persian Gulf

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Heading out: Grizzly and Cougar armored vehicles sit in the Canadian National Railway yard at Vaughan, north of Metro, waiting to be shipped to Canadian forces in the persian Gulf

Date1/21/1991

Names

Canada. Canadian Army (subject)

Combs, Erin (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Heading out: Grizzly and Cougar armored vehicles sit in the Canadian National Railway yard at Vaughan; north of Metro; waiting to be shipped to Canadian forces in the persian Gulf.

Subject

Tanks

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002094F

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