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Star's $ 1-million salmon in the lake, Starship skipper Wayne Andrew, left, lends a hand as Toronto Star Editor-in-chief George Radwanski cradles The (...)
Star's $ 1-million salmon in the lake, Starship skipper Wayne Andrew, left, lends a hand as Toronto Star Editor-in-chief George Radwanski cradles The (...)

Star's $ 1-million salmon in the lake, Starship skipper Wayne Andrew, left, lends a hand as Toronto Star Editor-in-chief George Radwanski cradles The (...)

Date9/15/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: Star's $ 1-million salmon in the lake; Starship skipper Wayne Andrew; left; lends a hand as Toronto Star Editor-in-chief George Radwanski cradles The Star's Great Salmon Hurt million-dollar baby before releasing it in Lake Ontario. The big coho; carrying a special tag; worth $50;000 a year for 20 years to anyone catching it Saturday on Sunday. It's still worth $25;000 if caught by noon Sept. 25.
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
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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_0119413F
Salmon Hunt takes to the air Don McDonnell, skipper of the Star's salmon [Incomplete]
Salmon Hunt takes to the air Don McDonnell, skipper of the Star's salmon [Incomplete]
8/26/1980
Jim Clarke: He caught the prized coho in the Star's Great Salmon Hunt, but the contest is now over and the former $1-million fish is technically worth nothing
Jim Clarke: He caught the prized coho in the Star's Great Salmon Hunt, but the contest is now over and the former $1-million fish is technically worth nothing
11/5/1982
Don McCrae hoists the 38.74-pound chinook salmon he caught at 1:30 a.m. yesterday in Lake Ontario. It's the first entry in the 1991 Toronto Star Great(...)
Don McCrae hoists the 38.74-pound chinook salmon he caught at 1:30 a.m. yesterday in Lake Ontario. It's the first entry in the 1991 Toronto Star Great(...)
7/6/1991
Fine catch: Blair Dawson, left, biologist for the ministry of natural resources, and Ken loftus, provincial fisheries scientist, admire coho caught in The Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
Fine catch: Blair Dawson, left, biologist for the ministry of natural resources, and Ken loftus, provincial fisheries scientist, admire coho caught in The Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
9/22/1980
New salmon hatchery opens, Ontario's Minister of Natural Resources Alan Pope (right) presents a plaque to John Brooks (left), The Star's director of c(...)
New salmon hatchery opens, Ontario's Minister of Natural Resources Alan Pope (right) presents a plaque to John Brooks (left), The Star's director of c(...)
6/27/1984
Catchy catch, The fishin' was fine, by anyone's scale, and Ivan Sut - aboard the Charter I - had this 17-pound coho salmon to display yesterday as his entry in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt
Catchy catch, The fishin' was fine, by anyone's scale, and Ivan Sut - aboard the Charter I - had this 17-pound coho salmon to display yesterday as his entry in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt
9/4/1979
Winners of Starship's recent spelling bee receiving the prizes of co-sponsors Encyclopaedia Britannica at The Star
Winners of Starship's recent spelling bee receiving the prizes of co-sponsors Encyclopaedia Britannica at The Star
5/18/1980
First up in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt was Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion, who cast the initial line
First up in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt was Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion, who cast the initial line
8/18/1979
Something fishy, The Star's Great Salmon Hunt got into full swing yesterday, the first day that large number of fish were caught
Something fishy, The Star's Great Salmon Hunt got into full swing yesterday, the first day that large number of fish were caught
8/31/1979
Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
8/16/1980
The Star's financial editor, John Bryden, tells a reception at the new Toronto Stock Exchange of plans for expanded business coverage. About 230 executives attended
The Star's financial editor, John Bryden, tells a reception at the new Toronto Stock Exchange of plans for expanded business coverage. About 230 executives attended
9/28/1983
She's a winner!, Elizabeth Cummings, 9, of Mississauga proudly shows off the Starship sweatshirt she won with our Monsters contest
She's a winner!, Elizabeth Cummings, 9, of Mississauga proudly shows off the Starship sweatshirt she won with our Monsters contest
11/24/1988