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Torn from its moorings at Oakville Power Boat Club in last night's storm, the Playmate, a cabin cruiser owned by Allan Archer of Burlington, was carri(...)
Torn from its moorings at Oakville Power Boat Club in last night's storm, the Playmate, a cabin cruiser owned by Allan Archer of Burlington, was carri(...)

Torn from its moorings at Oakville Power Boat Club in last night's storm, the Playmate, a cabin cruiser owned by Allan Archer of Burlington, was carri(...)

Date5/16/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Torn from its moorings at Oakville Power Boat Club in last night's storm; the Playmate; a cabin cruiser owned by Allan Archer of Burlington; was carried half a mile down Sixteen Mile Creek to the lake. [Incomplete]
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007234F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Burlington
Province or state:Ontario
Region or district:Halton (Ont. : Regional municipality)
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Just pooling around in the parking lot, Take one parking lot with a good size dip in the centre, one storm sewer with its inlet plugged, add one fast (...)
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Burlington Firemen worked yesterday evacuating houses along the Beach Strip area, as the homeswere being threatened by 10- to 15-foot-high waves which(...)
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Volunteer firefighters use boat to check homes
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