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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 (...)

Sandbags guard eastern beaches, Sixteen-year-old Dale Lockhart guides her blind poodle, Merry Christmas, along a sandbag wall built by the city parks (...)

Date9 March 1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sandbags guard eastern beaches; Sixteen-year-old Dale Lockhart guides her blind poodle; Merry Christmas; along a sandbag wall built by the city parks department to protect the boardwalk behind the Balmy Beach Club.
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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_0116672F
      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
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      3/8/1979
      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
      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
      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.
      Jack Jones, chief engineer for the Harbor Commission, wants to turn the city's central waterfront into a people place by creating more parks and beaches with landfill dumped into the city's harbor
      Jack Jones, chief engineer for the Harbor Commission, wants to turn the city's central waterfront into a people place by creating more parks and beaches with landfill dumped into the city's harbor
      Loek, Dick
      5/19/1972
      On a bicycle built for...three. Envious eyes and crowds of curious youngsters followed Eileen Abrams along boardwalk on the Beaches yesterday as she w(...)
      On a bicycle built for...three. Envious eyes and crowds of curious youngsters followed Eileen Abrams along boardwalk on the Beaches yesterday as she w(...)
      Brazao, Dale
      4/24/1978
      Canada - Ontario - Toronto - City Hall - New - Guides and Guards
      Canada - Ontario - Toronto - City Hall - New - Guides and Guards
      Beaty, Keith
      1/15/1981
      A wooden block with a metal plate on the top.
      Toronto Public Library - Eastern, Beaches. Northern, Deer Park branches
      Toronto Public Library
      n.d.