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Action - the real thing: Griffon ploughs through thick ice off Midland
Action - the real thing: Griffon ploughs through thick ice off Midland

Action - the real thing: Griffon ploughs through thick ice off Midland

Date3/24/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Action - the real thing: Griffon ploughs through thick ice off Midland.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010351F
Reopening a channel on Georgian Bay, the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Griffon plows through 12-inch-thick cakes of ice near Midland. It had come to(...)
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