Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Fighting floods: Firefighters' hoses carry water from basements in the tiny village of Churchville flooded when the Credit River, blocked by ice floes, backed up Saturday night
Fighting floods: Firefighters' hoses carry water from basements in the tiny village of Churchville flooded when the Credit River, blocked by ice floes, backed up Saturday night

Fighting floods: Firefighters' hoses carry water from basements in the tiny village of Churchville flooded when the Credit River, blocked by ice floes, backed up Saturday night

Date3/8/1987
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Fighting floods: Firefighters' hoses carry water from basements in the tiny village of Churchville flooded when the Credit River; blocked by ice floes; backed up Saturday night.
Subject
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007296F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Halton Hills
Geograhical feature:Credit River (Ont.)
Neighbourhood:Churchville (Halton Hills, Ontario)
Province or state:Ontario
Region or district:Halton (Ont. : Regional municipality)
12 Corning, These houses were smashed to pieces after they were wrenched from basements and carried away by flood waters. They're resting on top of a dike
12 Corning, These houses were smashed to pieces after they were wrenched from basements and carried away by flood waters. They're resting on top of a dike
6/25/1972
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
Rising damp: Carol Shearing of Stouffville clears water and silt from the flooded basement of her home
Rising damp: Carol Shearing of Stouffville clears water and silt from the flooded basement of her home
3/19/1986
Completely surrounded by water from the flooding Red river this farm is still able to carry on with work around the barns as they are elevated above the flood level
Completely surrounded by water from the flooding Red river this farm is still able to carry on with work around the barns as they are elevated above the flood level
4/6/1966
First municipally owned bridge to be replaced since Friday night's destructive floods has been erected over the Don river on John St., Thornhill. [Incomplete]
First municipally owned bridge to be replaced since Friday night's destructive floods has been erected over the Don river on John St., Thornhill. [Incomplete]
10/21/1954
Raging torrent: Ganaraska River roars through downtown Port Hope in worst floods to hit the town in memory last night
Raging torrent: Ganaraska River roars through downtown Port Hope in worst floods to hit the town in memory last night
3/22/1973
Hardest Hit by grand river floods yesterday was downtown alt section of the city of Cambridge
Hardest Hit by grand river floods yesterday was downtown alt section of the city of Cambridge
5/17/1974
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
Antonio Fazzalari of Hullmar Dr. wears rubber boots as he inspects his flooded basement
Antonio Fazzalari of Hullmar Dr. wears rubber boots as he inspects his flooded basement
7/28/1980
A line of Rescue Canoes moves villagers from flooded-out homes as the rising waters of the Albany River inundated the James Bay community of Kashechewan. [Incomplete]
A line of Rescue Canoes moves villagers from flooded-out homes as the rising waters of the Albany River inundated the James Bay community of Kashechewan. [Incomplete]
4/26/1976
Humber Island hemmed in by ice-floes scene of midnight drama
Humber Island hemmed in by ice-floes scene of midnight drama
n.d.
Floods struck Essex and Kent counties in Ontario as 2
Floods struck Essex and Kent counties in Ontario as 2
7/6/1946