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Photograph of the Glebe Collegiate Institute hockey team, July 1938

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The 1938 Glebe Collegiate Institute hockey team, Ottawa, Ontario

Orillia Hockey Club, of Orillia, Ontario, 1897

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Team photograph, Orillia Hockey Club, 1897

Photograph of members of the Renfrew hockey team, 1909-1910

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Renfrew, Ontario, mining and railway construction magnate M. J. O'Brien got out his cheque book in 1909 to assemble the most highly paid hockey team of the time. Known as the Millionaires, the team boasted hockey's most famous personality, Fred "Cyclone" Taylor. O'Brien's son Ambrose managed the team

Renfrew hockey team, Renfrew, Ontario, 1909-1910

Photograph of members of the South Porcupine hockey team, 1913

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South Porcupine hockey team, 1913 champions of Porcupine District, Ontario

Photograph of members of the Millionaires hockey team, 1913

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The Sydney, Nova Scotia, Millionaires, 1913

Team photograph, Orillia Hockey Club, 1895

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It is doubtful that the headgear sported in this photograph was seen on the ice.

Orillia Hockey Club, champions of the Northern Hockey League, 1895

Team photograph of the Renfrew Juniors, 1931

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Customarily, the Upper Ottawa Valley champs would play the Lower Ottawa Valley champs to determine who would rule hockey throughout the whole Ottawa Valley.

Renfrew, Ontario, 1931 champions of Upper Ottawa Valley Hockey League

Photograph of a hockey team in Midland, Ontario, between 1900-1910

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Hockey team, Midland, Ontario, between 1900 and 1910

Photograph of the Ottawa Hockey Club, 1891

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Ottawa Hockey Club, 1891

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