Edward Blake Archibald (March 29, 1884 – March 20, 1965) was a

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athlete who competed mainly in the

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. He was born and died in Toronto. He competed for Canada in the

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held in

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in the pole vault where he won the Bronze medal jointly with American Clare Jacobs and Swede

Bruno Söderström Vilhelm Bruno Söderström (28 October 1881 – 1 January 1969) was a Swedish track and field athlete. He competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games and 1908 Summer Olympics in the javelin throw, pole vault and high jump and won three medals. He als ...

. Archibald started a summer camp for boys near Sudbury, and then it was moved around 1930 to the Temagemi area.

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