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Sandbags guard beaches against lake, Cathryn Moss stands watch last night on sandbags that keep the water Lake Ontario out of the Balmy Beach Club and nearby boathouses
Sandbags guard beaches against lake, Cathryn Moss stands watch last night on sandbags that keep the water Lake Ontario out of the Balmy Beach Club and nearby boathouses

Sandbags guard beaches against lake, Cathryn Moss stands watch last night on sandbags that keep the water Lake Ontario out of the Balmy Beach Club and nearby boathouses

Date3/8/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sandbags guard beaches against lake; Cathryn Moss stands watch last night on sandbags that keep the water Lake Ontario out of the Balmy Beach Club and nearby boathouses.
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodBeach
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0116666F
      Sandbags guard eastern beaches, Sixteen-year-old Dale Lockhart guides her blind poodle, Merry Christmas, along a sandbag wall built by the city parks (...)
      Sandbags guard eastern beaches, Sixteen-year-old Dale Lockhart guides her blind poodle, Merry Christmas, along a sandbag wall built by the city parks (...)
      Bull, Ron
      9 March 1973
      Behind Sandbags: Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hibbard watch Lake Ontario hit the Frenchman's Bay shoreline yesterday as sandbags protect their home
      Behind Sandbags: Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hibbard watch Lake Ontario hit the Frenchman's Bay shoreline yesterday as sandbags protect their home
      Beaty, Keith
      4/9/1973
      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
      Ross, Fred
      3/16/1973
      4. A line of volunteers are placing sandbags on of the weaker parts of the dikes
      4. A line of volunteers are placing sandbags on of the weaker parts of the dikes
      Loek, Dick
      4/22/1974
      Volunteers help pile 12,000 sandbags around farmer Ed Zylema's home near Winnipeg
      Volunteers help pile 12,000 sandbags around farmer Ed Zylema's home near Winnipeg
      Mahler, John
      4/25/1979
      These cottages and Boathouses along the north shore of Lake Erie near Erieau, are among many which were badly damaged as a result of the recent storm. [Incomplete]
      These cottages and Boathouses along the north shore of Lake Erie near Erieau, are among many which were badly damaged as a result of the recent storm. [Incomplete]
      Griffin, Doug
      4/11/1973
      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
      Brennan, Pat
      4/9/1973
      West Hill Army Cadets work in 36-degree water to sandbag the shoreline next to four houses in Pickering Township threatened by the rising waters of La(...)
      West Hill Army Cadets work in 36-degree water to sandbag the shoreline next to four houses in Pickering Township threatened by the rising waters of La(...)
      Dutton, Don
      n.d.
      Image shows a one storey building by the water.
      Taylor, J.J., & Sons, boat builders, Queen's Quay W., south side, east of Rees St.; looking south west to Harbour police patrol boathouses. Toronto, Ontario
      J. J. Taylor & Sons
      10/20/1928
      Image shows a docked boat. 
      Wharf, east of Rees St., looking southwest to Harbour police patrol boathouses, right background, Toronto, Ontario
      John Irwin (Ship)
      1928?
      Image shows a lake view with a ship and a wharf in the background.
      Wharf, east of Rees St., looking southwest to Harbour police patrol boathouses, right background
      John Irwin (Ship)
      1928
      Alderman Fred Beavis, the chairman of Metro Parks committee, tests a sandbag dike on Ward's Island today during a tour by his committee and others to (...)
      Alderman Fred Beavis, the chairman of Metro Parks committee, tests a sandbag dike on Ward's Island today during a tour by his committee and others to (...)
      Dutton, Don
      4/19/1973