Rouge River

 Toronto forests supplied the ship masts that the British navy used to thwart Napoleon.

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"At 13, I scored 8 out of 300 on the naval academy mathematics entrance exam, so I joined the army."
- David Niven [1910-1983]

portrait

Here’s the official U.S. Naval Reserve photo of an 18 year old John Coltrane, the pioneering jazz saxophonist. Coltrane, who would later collaborate with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, was photographed in mid-1945 following his voluntary enlistment as an apprentice seamen.

From The Smoking Gun.