Waddle you bet? It's thin ice for us - but not for long if this weather continues - at High Park's Grenadier Ponds

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Waddle you bet? It's thin ice for us - but not for long if this weather continues - at High Park's Grenadier Ponds

Date12/7/1976

Names

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Waddle you bet? It's thin ice for us - but not for long if this weather continues - at High Park's Grenadier Ponds. If you're webfooted, you can ignore sign as this feathered resident does.

Subject

Ducks

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0003921F

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