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Waves Threaten Oakville Lakeshore Homes yesterday as winds of up to 40 miles an hour threw 10-foot waves hundreds of feet inland. Ten acres of area pa(...)
Waves Threaten Oakville Lakeshore Homes yesterday as winds of up to 40 miles an hour threw 10-foot waves hundreds of feet inland. Ten acres of area pa(...)

Waves Threaten Oakville Lakeshore Homes yesterday as winds of up to 40 miles an hour threw 10-foot waves hundreds of feet inland. Ten acres of area pa(...)

Date4/9/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Waves Threaten Oakville Lakeshore Homes yesterday as winds of up to 40 miles an hour threw 10-foot waves hundreds of feet inland. Ten acres of area parkland are still under water; hundreds of lakeshore lots have been eroded and tons of debris litter the s
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007206F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Oakville
Province or state:Ontario
Volunteers worked late into the night building sandbag walls against 10-feet waves which threatened Lakeshore Rd
Volunteers worked late into the night building sandbag walls against 10-feet waves which threatened Lakeshore Rd
4/9/1973
Burlington Firemen worked yesterday evacuating houses along the Beach Strip area, as the homeswere being threatened by 10- to 15-foot-high waves which(...)
Burlington Firemen worked yesterday evacuating houses along the Beach Strip area, as the homeswere being threatened by 10- to 15-foot-high waves which(...)
4/9/1973
Dorothy Robinson watches from the window as waves hit her lakeshore home at Bay Ridges yesterday
Dorothy Robinson watches from the window as waves hit her lakeshore home at Bay Ridges yesterday
4/9/1973
Image shows a life preserver and ladder in ice sheaths.
Ice Sheathes metro Waterfront. Blustery Arctic winds whipped spray from 6-foot waves to encrust Metro's waterfront in sheath of ice. And it will likel(...)
12/1/1975
Savage winds making big waves... Gale force winds yesterday brought another round of high-water warnings for shoreline residents along Lakes Erie, Ont(...)
Savage winds making big waves... Gale force winds yesterday brought another round of high-water warnings for shoreline residents along Lakes Erie, Ont(...)
12/4/1986
The wind's up Surfsailing is making big waves off and on the beaches of Toronto Centrespread
The wind's up Surfsailing is making big waves off and on the beaches of Toronto Centrespread
6/16/1979
Santa Claus waves to cheering crowds as he passes old city hall in the parade Saturday, when hundreds of thousands of children and adults lined the ro(...)
Santa Claus waves to cheering crowds as he passes old city hall in the parade Saturday, when hundreds of thousands of children and adults lined the ro(...)
11/18/1973
When Waves from wind-blown Lake Ontario began washing over her house at 1154 Lakeshore Rd
When Waves from wind-blown Lake Ontario began washing over her house at 1154 Lakeshore Rd
4/10/1973
Huge driftwood logs are tossed ashore on a beach at Pacific Rim National Park, where, as the writer says, the waves have come 5,000 miles to slam the shore
Huge driftwood logs are tossed ashore on a beach at Pacific Rim National Park, where, as the writer says, the waves have come 5,000 miles to slam the shore
5/16/1990
Town called Hope: One of Port Hope's hundreds of cleanup volunteers mans a bucket to bail mud and slush out of store basements in the town's flood ravaged business district
Town called Hope: One of Port Hope's hundreds of cleanup volunteers mans a bucket to bail mud and slush out of store basements in the town's flood ravaged business district
3/23/1980
In corning, N.Y., one of hundreds of cars that were pushed through the streets by floodwaters lies entangled with debris as the waters subside. [incomplete]
In corning, N.Y., one of hundreds of cars that were pushed through the streets by floodwaters lies entangled with debris as the waters subside. [incomplete]
6/25/1972
Their night of horror over, this Holland Marsh couple wave to a circling plane from the veranda of their water-logged home. [Incomplete]
Their night of horror over, this Holland Marsh couple wave to a circling plane from the veranda of their water-logged home. [Incomplete]
10/18/1954