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Rain washed

Rain washed

Date5/16/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Rain washed: Preventing floods that may wash out an entire section of highway is the objective of $30 million worth of flood control; erosion control and conservation projects that will be carried out over the next five years by the Credit Valley Conserva
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007230F
Country:Canada
Building, monument or park:Credit Valley Conservation
City, town or township:Mississauga
Geograhical feature:Credit Valley (Ont.)
Province or state:Ontario
Picture of two men standing on section of washed out lake boardwalk with houses on left. 
At Toronto Island, a 100 foot stretch of boardwalk is washed out.
15 April 1952
Jack Phillips Swam Humeer to Safety, I think Road washed out from Under Us volunteer Fireman
Jack Phillips Swam Humeer to Safety, I think Road washed out from Under Us volunteer Fireman
10/16/1954
Sioux Indians Becky and Leroy Apple, five close relatives killed and their home washed away when floodwaters surged through Rapid City, S. D., sit out(...)
Sioux Indians Becky and Leroy Apple, five close relatives killed and their home washed away when floodwaters surged through Rapid City, S. D., sit out(...)
6/12/1972
Cars piled on top of each other at a washed out bridge near Mt
Cars piled on top of each other at a washed out bridge near Mt
6/25/1972
Smooth salling: If it rains much longer, Metro will soon be known as Vancouver East
Smooth salling: If it rains much longer, Metro will soon be known as Vancouver East
9/4/1981
A truck plows through floodwaters on a road near Leamington, one of the areas worst hit by flooding from heavy rain and water blown ashore from Lake E(...)
A truck plows through floodwaters on a road near Leamington, one of the areas worst hit by flooding from heavy rain and water blown ashore from Lake E(...)
11/15/1972
As the Credit River, swollen by spring runoff and heavy rain, rose alarmingly workmen abandoned a construction site south of Streetsville, building a (...)
As the Credit River, swollen by spring runoff and heavy rain, rose alarmingly workmen abandoned a construction site south of Streetsville, building a (...)
4/13/1972
There's no stopping 2 men with a thirst, Flood waters from the rain-swollen Nith River overflowed into New Hamburg Saturday, leaving the Brewers Retail store on a small island-but still open
There's no stopping 2 men with a thirst, Flood waters from the rain-swollen Nith River overflowed into New Hamburg Saturday, leaving the Brewers Retail store on a small island-but still open
4/20/1975
Two inches of rain-5 billion gallons, and almost the equivalent of a normal rainfall for all of May-fell on Metro last night, flooding an underpass on(...)
Two inches of rain-5 billion gallons, and almost the equivalent of a normal rainfall for all of May-fell on Metro last night, flooding an underpass on(...)
5/16/1974
The Rain-swollen credit river engulfs Memorial park in Streetsville, where it swept away four footbridges, on of them where the youths are standing. [Incomplete]
The Rain-swollen credit river engulfs Memorial park in Streetsville, where it swept away four footbridges, on of them where the youths are standing. [Incomplete]
1/27/1973
Man standing next to a notice of development for flood plain lands, Humber Valley Conservation Authority
Man standing next to a notice of development for flood plain lands, Humber Valley Conservation Authority
1950
Row of one and two-storey houses in close proximity to each other, surrounded by icy flood wate ...
Twenty families forced to abandon homes
5/10/1938