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Photos courtesy of the Marsh Historical Collection 80 Richmond Street Amherstburg 519-736-9191 • www.marshcollection.org
On February 21, 1952, The Amherstburg Echo published a challenge from Krikor Hekimian “King of the Human Polar Bears” to anyone who would swim with him on the lower Detroit River. Seeing no challengers, he swam alone in the icy water at the Duffy’s dock. Krikor performed these polar plunges throughout Canada, including in the Thames River and the North Saskatchewan River, drawing crowds of hundreds of people.
