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:---30-iPORTAGE YOUTH FINDS SHARK1 There are many “fish stories j but one lad will have one to beat :most. He found an 8-pound shark4on the shores of Cresent Lake at j Portage la Prairie. Man. j Fisheries Branch biologists are a ! disbelieving bunch of fellows when : it comes to “fish stories” but they : had to change their minds from “it must be a sturgeon” when they*saw the shark.i Although there are freshwater species of shark, believed to be in South America, this particular fishij was later identified as a dogfish j shark, a hardy salt-water species j which would be capable of surviv-1ing only a few days in fresh water.Manitoba is only some 1,500 miles from the coast — which practical joker is flying a plane these days?
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Roblin Review
Roblin, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Jul 06, 1961
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Kevin S.
CA 19 Nov 2021
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