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Army - Canada - Skiis

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Army - Canada - Skiis

Date9/1/1941

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Canada. Canadian Army (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Army, Canada, Skiis

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002198F

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Seconds count. Emphasizing the military character of the ski meet, army signallers were used to communicate between starting and finishing points. Her(...)

Seconds count. Emphasizing the military character of the ski meet, army signallers were used to communicate between starting and finishing points. Her(...)

2/24/1941

Canada's first ski school for training soldiers in the type of winter warfare waged so successfully by the Finns against the Russians has just opened (...)

Canada's first ski school for training soldiers in the type of winter warfare waged so successfully by the Finns against the Russians has just opened (...)

12/4/1940

With the mercury well be, the students who will train ski troops across Canada this winter refused a lift up by day to get in some extra travel actoss(...)

With the mercury well be, the students who will train ski troops across Canada this winter refused a lift up by day to get in some extra travel actoss(...)

12/4/1940

Water skiing on South Lake, Minden, Ontario

Water skiing on South Lake, Minden, Ontario

7/19/1968

Machine-guns are towed on boggans by the white-shrouded figures and, when needed, can be set up and in action like a flash. This quartet has taken cov(...)

Machine-guns are towed on boggans by the white-shrouded figures and, when needed, can be set up and in action like a flash. This quartet has taken cov(...)

3/1/1941

Cross country on skis march the Canadian Grenadier Guards during winter manoeuvres at Glenn Cross

Cross country on skis march the Canadian Grenadier Guards during winter manoeuvres at Glenn Cross

2/11/1941

Flanking two Bugs speedy carriers for Bren gun troops, a fighting ski patrol moves up through a wooded area to attack the enemy atop a hill in the dis(...)

Flanking two Bugs speedy carriers for Bren gun troops, a fighting ski patrol moves up through a wooded area to attack the enemy atop a hill in the dis(...)

1/22/1941

Bugs of flour are bullets in all-night sham battle

Bugs of flour are bullets in all-night sham battle

1/22/1941

Learn formation skiing over rosedale hills

Learn formation skiing over rosedale hills

1/30/1941

End of hard day's workout on skis finds Lieut

End of hard day's workout on skis finds Lieut

2/22/1943

Hard as nails will be canadian soldiers when they have completed their training at Petawawa camp

Hard as nails will be canadian soldiers when they have completed their training at Petawawa camp

3/1/1941

Ski training for troops during the intensive 15-day intructor training course at Valcartier camp, Quebec, includes simple drill in addition to more di(...)

Ski training for troops during the intensive 15-day intructor training course at Valcartier camp, Quebec, includes simple drill in addition to more di(...)

1/23/1943