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Reopening a channel on Georgian Bay, the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Griffon plows through 12-inch-thick cakes of ice near Midland. It had come to(...)
Reopening a channel on Georgian Bay, the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Griffon plows through 12-inch-thick cakes of ice near Midland. It had come to(...)

Reopening a channel on Georgian Bay, the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Griffon plows through 12-inch-thick cakes of ice near Midland. It had come to(...)

Date3/16/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Reopening a channel on Georgian Bay; the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Griffon plows through 12-inch-thick cakes of ice near Midland. It had come to free two lake freighters locked in the harbor ice since mid-December. The Griffon will being the rest of the month in and out of Lake Huron harbors & carriers can reach the elevators and prepare for the new [Incomplete]
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Icebreaker needed on Georgian Bay, Canada's largest icebreaker operating in the Great Lakes, the Coast Guard ship Griffon has been working out of Midland for winter
Icebreaker needed on Georgian Bay, Canada's largest icebreaker operating in the Great Lakes, the Coast Guard ship Griffon has been working out of Midland for winter
2/7/1975
Icebreaker Griffon Crunches its way through 3-foot-thick ice on Nottawasaga Bay off Collingwood
Icebreaker Griffon Crunches its way through 3-foot-thick ice on Nottawasaga Bay off Collingwood
3/21/1978
Icebreaker Griffon Crunches its way through 3-foot-thick ice on Nottawasaga Bay off Collingwood as its observer-helicoptor and pilot Stuart Fraser hov(...)
Icebreaker Griffon Crunches its way through 3-foot-thick ice on Nottawasaga Bay off Collingwood as its observer-helicoptor and pilot Stuart Fraser hov(...)
3/17/1978
Action - the real thing: Griffon ploughs through thick ice off Midland
Action - the real thing: Griffon ploughs through thick ice off Midland
3/24/1980
Ice breaker needed on Georgian Bay, Canada's largest icebreaker operating in the Great Lakes, the Coast Guard ship Griffon has been working out of Mid(...)
Ice breaker needed on Georgian Bay, Canada's largest icebreaker operating in the Great Lakes, the Coast Guard ship Griffon has been working out of Mid(...)
2/7/1975
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Image shows some crewmen of the icebreaker working in the storm.
Oh for the life for a sailor. Crewmen of the Coast Guard icebreaker Griffon grapple with a giant navigation buoy in Toronto Harbor in yesterday's snow(...)
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Hauling in the Paravane, a device used in sweeping the vital shipping channels clear of destructive enemy mines, slicker-clad sailors aboard a mineswe(...)
Hauling in the Paravane, a device used in sweeping the vital shipping channels clear of destructive enemy mines, slicker-clad sailors aboard a mineswe(...)
7/26/1941
Missile destroyer pays US a visit, Honor guard of sailors from the HMS Hampshire march briskly away after ceremonies welcoming the ship-one of Britain(...)
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Near Toronto: Lt. P. J. Charlton is on ship's top deck
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