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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(...)

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(...)

Date7/6/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 Salmon Hunt and the biggest first-day catch ever.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0119426F
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