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Cool ad for a Frank Tunney-Sammy Sobel card in North Bay 1941. This is prior to Larry Kasaboski and his Northland Wrestling taking over the northern part of Ontario in 1945.
The Toronto promoters mostly stayed closer to home (excluding Ottawa) but did branch out, more so in the early days.
Ivan Mickailoff who started the weekly cards in Toronto in 1929 ran across the region and as far north as Timmins in the early 30s. Jack Corcoran and his Queensbury Club also went into Timmins, North Bay, Barrie, and other near north towns.
Tunney never went that far north again (North Bay etc) but did hit Huntsville, Barrie, and others in the 50s & 60s, mostly in the summer. Whipper often ran those and likely got in some prime fishing time.
Whipper's son Phil/Whipper Jr and his crew ran the near north in the early 70s while Dave McKigney and Big Time wrestling went further up in the 70s and early 80s hitting North Bay, Sturgeon Falls, and some of the other one-time Kasaboski stops.-AC