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A Home on our Waterfront, The wartime destroyer Haida is one Canadian ship that didn't end up in foreign colors
A Home on our Waterfront, The wartime destroyer Haida is one Canadian ship that didn't end up in foreign colors

A Home on our Waterfront, The wartime destroyer Haida is one Canadian ship that didn't end up in foreign colors

Date8/25/1964
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Original Toronto Star caption: A Home on our Waterfront; The wartime destroyer Haida is one Canadian ship that didn't end up in foreign colors. It will be restored and preserved in concrete drydock at CNE waterfront as a naval museum. Here it is being tied up at York St; during the summer.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010374F
The Haida sits at dock, rusting, A slow battle--and one the old destroyer may lose
The Haida sits at dock, rusting, A slow battle--and one the old destroyer may lose
4/16/1969
Formal call on the Haida, A Haida Indian canoe made in British Columbia carries Shaman-Chief Kitpou of the Algonquins to the destroyer HMCS Haida yest(...)
Formal call on the Haida, A Haida Indian canoe made in British Columbia carries Shaman-Chief Kitpou of the Algonquins to the destroyer HMCS Haida yest(...)
8/6/1972
On HMCS Haida, the retired Canadian destroyer, Lieut, Frank Stockwell points to names of five babies engraved on bell
On HMCS Haida, the retired Canadian destroyer, Lieut, Frank Stockwell points to names of five babies engraved on bell
9/17/1971
She's a destroyer captain--for a day, Lorraine Thomas of Oakville is captain for a day of destroyer, HMCS Haida
She's a destroyer captain--for a day, Lorraine Thomas of Oakville is captain for a day of destroyer, HMCS Haida
7/9/1976
Haida Naval Museum Docks in its new showcase, Retired World War II Tribal class destroyer Haida, now a floating navy museum, floats at its new berth a(...)
Haida Naval Museum Docks in its new showcase, Retired World War II Tribal class destroyer Haida, now a floating navy museum, floats at its new berth a(...)
4/18/1971
Christmas atop the Haida, Christmas trees are all over town, including the very top of the topmast of the HMCS Haida, a retired destroyer moored off O(...)
Christmas atop the Haida, Christmas trees are all over town, including the very top of the topmast of the HMCS Haida, a retired destroyer moored off O(...)
12/21/1971
destroyer HMCS Haida
destroyer HMCS Haida
5/18/1980
A Navy destroyer docked alongside a road, surrounded by floes of ice.
Destroyer Haida Lake Ontario, en route to Ontario Place
21 February 1985
Using a bosun's chair, Sea Cadet David Eadie goes over the side of the destroyer HMCS Haida, moored at Ontario Place, to check the bow for rust spots.(...)
Using a bosun's chair, Sea Cadet David Eadie goes over the side of the destroyer HMCS Haida, moored at Ontario Place, to check the bow for rust spots.(...)
7/22/1975
Missile destroyer pays US a visit, Honor guard of sailors from the HMS Hampshire march briskly away after ceremonies welcoming the ship-one of Britain(...)
Missile destroyer pays US a visit, Honor guard of sailors from the HMS Hampshire march briskly away after ceremonies welcoming the ship-one of Britain(...)
6/5/1967
The Haida is Adrift at her dock, Looking like a massive snow-covered iceberg as she floats in her slip at the Toronto waterfront, the 'retired' Royal (...)
The Haida is Adrift at her dock, Looking like a massive snow-covered iceberg as she floats in her slip at the Toronto waterfront, the 'retired' Royal (...)
1/12/1968
London 'princess' greets men on HMS Bristol, Guided-missle destroyer HMS Bristol passes Ontario Place on Sesqui visit to Toronto. The British ship, do(...)
London 'princess' greets men on HMS Bristol, Guided-missle destroyer HMS Bristol passes Ontario Place on Sesqui visit to Toronto. The British ship, do(...)
6/28/1984