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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(...)

Burlington Firemen worked yesterday evacuating houses along the Beach Strip area, as the homeswere being threatened by 10- to 15-foot-high waves which(...)

Date4/9/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Burlington Firemen worked yesterday evacuating houses along the Beach Strip area; as the homeswere being threatened by 10- to 15-foot-high waves which shot into the air as they hit the Burlington breakwaters. [Incomplete]
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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_0007212F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Burlington
Province or state:Ontario
Region or district:Halton (Ont. : Regional municipality)
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
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(...)
4/9/1973
Main street -- St. Clair Beach, With his car in a ditch a flood victim makes his way along Riverside Drive, the main street in St. Clair Beach about 15 miles east of Windsor
Main street -- St. Clair Beach, With his car in a ditch a flood victim makes his way along Riverside Drive, the main street in St. Clair Beach about 15 miles east of Windsor
3/17/1973
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
Flood danger: Keith Hay stands beside some of the ice from the swollen Humber River that threatened to tear apart of his home in the Kleinburg area last week
Flood danger: Keith Hay stands beside some of the ice from the swollen Humber River that threatened to tear apart of his home in the Kleinburg area last week
2/25/1985
Flood danger: Keith Hay stands beside some of the ice from the swollen Humber River that threatened to tear apart of his home in the Kleinburg area last week
Flood danger: Keith Hay stands beside some of the ice from the swollen Humber River that threatened to tear apart of his home in the Kleinburg area last week
2/25/1985
Crushed by ice: Buckled houses and rubble along the Winisk River are a sad reminder of spring flooding that destroyed all but seven of the Cree village's 60 buildings two weeks ago
Crushed by ice: Buckled houses and rubble along the Winisk River are a sad reminder of spring flooding that destroyed all but seven of the Cree village's 60 buildings two weeks ago
6/1/1986
On the shore of Lake Erie, Eva Malolepszy and Nora Srokosz fill and stack sandbags outside their home in Harich Township as the already-high lake threatens houses
On the shore of Lake Erie, Eva Malolepszy and Nora Srokosz fill and stack sandbags outside their home in Harich Township as the already-high lake threatens houses
3/16/1973
A disaster Area is how Jack Moore describes the scene down the Lake Ontario shoreline from his Squires Beach home in Pickering yesterday. [Incomplete]
A disaster Area is how Jack Moore describes the scene down the Lake Ontario shoreline from his Squires Beach home in Pickering yesterday. [Incomplete]
4/10/1973
Weekend floods along Lake St. Clair force Jeff Cada and his family from their home, in St. Clair Beach. [Incomplete]
Weekend floods along Lake St. Clair force Jeff Cada and his family from their home, in St. Clair Beach. [Incomplete]
3/17/1973
Fire department boat on rescue duty sails along Highway 15 near Corning, N
Fire department boat on rescue duty sails along Highway 15 near Corning, N
6/25/1972
Peddling along: Steve Brittain and Joe Hill find it's easier to get around the parking lot at Moodie's Motor Inn in the Pickering area in a pedal-boat than in a car
Peddling along: Steve Brittain and Joe Hill find it's easier to get around the parking lot at Moodie's Motor Inn in the Pickering area in a pedal-boat than in a car
2/14/1984