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Shoreline near Ontario Place
Shoreline near Ontario Place

Shoreline near Ontario Place

Date7/9/1993
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Original Toronto Star caption: Shoreline near Ontario Place
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011030F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Beach Foulup: High-tech methods helped rid beaches of oil from the huge Exxon Valdez spill, but the cleanup may also have broken down the delicate shoreline ecology
Beach Foulup: High-tech methods helped rid beaches of oil from the huge Exxon Valdez spill, but the cleanup may also have broken down the delicate shoreline ecology
5/29/1989
Hundreds of kilometres of shoreline, as yet untouched by clean-up efforts, lie under a layer of black sludge similar to this dirty and lifeless stretch of shore on Northwest Bay
Hundreds of kilometres of shoreline, as yet untouched by clean-up efforts, lie under a layer of black sludge similar to this dirty and lifeless stretch of shore on Northwest Bay
5/29/1989
Ontario place people do a fast cleanup, Ontario Place guides and other employees, dressed in coveralls they borrowed from the regular maintenance staf(...)
Ontario place people do a fast cleanup, Ontario Place guides and other employees, dressed in coveralls they borrowed from the regular maintenance staf(...)
6/21/1971
Observers were recruited to don hip waders and place booms across Sixteen Mile Creek during demonstration
Observers were recruited to don hip waders and place booms across Sixteen Mile Creek during demonstration
11/16/1978
Two oil drums from the tanker Arrow come to rest on a polluted beach near Artichat, N
Two oil drums from the tanker Arrow come to rest on a polluted beach near Artichat, N
2/14/1970
Cleaning up: Work crews place a boom in front of a sewer grate on Sand Beach Road to stop a spill of diesel oil from VIA Rail's maintenance centre in Mimico
Cleaning up: Work crews place a boom in front of a sewer grate on Sand Beach Road to stop a spill of diesel oil from VIA Rail's maintenance centre in Mimico
1/30/1989
Metropolitan Toronto 1953-1963
Metropolitan Toronto 1953-1963
1963
Lab technicians Keith Austen (foreground) and Harry Alkema test Lake Ontario water samples for nutrients aboard the motor vessel Martin Karlsen, a floating pollution research laboratory
Lab technicians Keith Austen (foreground) and Harry Alkema test Lake Ontario water samples for nutrients aboard the motor vessel Martin Karlsen, a floating pollution research laboratory
4/5/1971
A $4,000 Meter which he plans to dump into Lake Ontario is checked out by engineer George Jones
A $4,000 Meter which he plans to dump into Lake Ontario is checked out by engineer George Jones
9/29/1969
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Works Dept
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Works Dept
1954
Letter from the City of Toronto Water Company to the Mayor, Alderman and Council of the city of Toronto in reference to the present position of the wa(...)
Letter from the City of Toronto Water Company to the Mayor, Alderman and Council of the city of Toronto in reference to the present position of the wa(...)
1872
It looks terrific --what is it?, It's the Komara Miniskimmer, which is a device developed by British Petroleum Co
It looks terrific --what is it?, It's the Komara Miniskimmer, which is a device developed by British Petroleum Co
11/21/1975