Heading for shore

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Heading for shore

Date8/4/1984

Names

Bock, Tony (photographer)

Kamula, Cam (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Heading for shore: Hamilton businessman Cam Kamula, 29, successfully completed his swim across Lake Ontario yesterday, and raised an estimated $30,000 to aid Muscular Dystrophy research. As the exhausted swimmer reached shore at Ontario Place his father jumped into the water to welcome him with a kiss on the cheek at the end of his 20-hour journey.

Subject

Long distance swimming

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Province or state:Ontario

Medium

Photographs

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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_0058846F

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