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Experts plugged all the hotels at tiny Port Hawksbury, nearest town to the Arrow disaster

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Experts plugged all the hotels at tiny Port Hawksbury, nearest town to the Arrow disaster

Date2/17/1970

Names

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Experts plugged all the hotels at tiny Port Hawksbury; nearest town to the Arrow disaster. More than 200 persons including experts from across Canada and the United states converged in a dismal attempt to salvage the oil laying waste to the fish and fauna of this picturesque part of the Nova Scotia coastline.

Subject

Water quality management

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011049F

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