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Image shows a limousine being pulled out of the lake.
Marine police hook '72 limo. A 1972 stretch limousine is hauled out of the Western Channel just west of Bathurst St. yesterday by Metro marine police.(...)
Image shows a limousine being pulled out of the lake.

Marine police hook '72 limo. A 1972 stretch limousine is hauled out of the Western Channel just west of Bathurst St. yesterday by Metro marine police.(...)

Date5/4/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Marine police hook '72 limo. A 1972 stretch limousine is hauled out of the Western Channel just west of Bathurst St. yesterday by Metro marine police. The car was stolen in 1984 and ditched in the lake. Frogmen spotted the car when practising surveillance for the coming economic summit.
Subject
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyNeighbourhoodHarbour
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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Photographs
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0112758F
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