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What he came for
What he came for

What he came for

Date9/5/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: What he came for: Jim Laing; 26-year-old Englishman; shows off 31-pound muskie he landed while fishing at Victoria Harbor on Georgian Bay. Laing; living in Toronto; came to Canada last May and loved fishing here so much he has applied for his immigrant papers. Muskie; measuring 50 inches in length; took Laing a half-hour to land and this week he visited a Toronto taxidermist to have it mounted.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007000F
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