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A snow spree in the countryside around Metro can be made easily in a day by following the accompanying route
A snow spree in the countryside around Metro can be made easily in a day by following the accompanying route

A snow spree in the countryside around Metro can be made easily in a day by following the accompanying route

Date11/30/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: A snow spree in the countryside around Metro can be made easily in a day by following the accompanying route. Besides tobogganing you can ski; wander along park trails; drive your own snowmobile or rent one and be back by dark.
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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_0019709F
Snowplow works around an air Canada viscount surrounded by Deep snow at Toronto International Airport, The weekend snowfall closed the airfield for 16(...)
Snowplow works around an air Canada viscount surrounded by Deep snow at Toronto International Airport, The weekend snowfall closed the airfield for 16(...)
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The better way: Anne Larson found skiing was the only way to travel on South Dr. last night following a snowstorm that turned Metro roads into a slush(...)
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Making snow go so traffic can flow is the job of this team of man and truck
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Take out the shovel, it's Hockey time, When the snow's too deep to play hockey, it's time to take out the shovel and clear the ice so the game can res(...)
Take out the shovel, it's Hockey time, When the snow's too deep to play hockey, it's time to take out the shovel and clear the ice so the game can res(...)
12/29/1983
Where to go to make best use of snow!, Ski areas in and around Metro can usually provide snow, even if Mother Nature doesn't. Elke Gruenewald, assista(...)
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Image shows a motorist, battery booster cables in hand, stands beside his car stalled on Leslie ...
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Snow-clogged streets confronted Metro Toronto residents when they looked out their windows this morning
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Having a ball, The rest of us may have found the some 16 inches of snow, rain and freezing rain that fell in Metro Toronto yesterday anything but amus(...)
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The Snowstorm last night, the third major one to hit Metro this winter, dumped 15 centimetres (6 inches) of snow in six hours, causing dozens of minor(...)
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Dog days of winter, Kristen Stantz, 4, and her friend, Michael Sharpe, 5, find a little snow in Lawrence Park at Yonge St. and Lawrence Ave. yesterday(...)
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