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Swimmers, Don Free Bathing Station

Swimmers, Don Free Bathing Station, North of Prince Edward Viaduct
c. 1918
William James, photographer
City of Toronto Archives, SC 244-8.3

The Don Free Bathing Station was established in 1897. It closed after the 1927 season due to sewage contamination from the new Leaside Disposal Works, located a short distance upstream on the Don River.

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