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On July 28, 1931, the first precious cargo from Gilbert LaBine's new discovery -- consisting of eight tons of rich radium-bearing ore -- is loaded onto a small craft at LaBine Point, on the eastern shore of Great Bear Lake (McTavish Arm), NWT.

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Public Archives of Canada
C-23960

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