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Basement flooded by the rising waters of Lake Ontario, 65-year-old Dorothy Robinson of the Pickering area watches the lake. [Incomplete]
Basement flooded by the rising waters of Lake Ontario, 65-year-old Dorothy Robinson of the Pickering area watches the lake. [Incomplete]

Basement flooded by the rising waters of Lake Ontario, 65-year-old Dorothy Robinson of the Pickering area watches the lake. [Incomplete]

Date2/22/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Basement flooded by the rising waters of Lake Ontario; 65-year-old Dorothy Robinson of the Pickering area watches the lake. [Incomplete]
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0116673F
      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]
      Loek, Dick
      4/26/1976
      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
      Russell, Jim
      3/19/1986
      Bridge washed out: Parts of the Centre Island miniature railway were washed out yesterday as rising Lake Ontario waters covered sections of the Toronto Islands
      Bridge washed out: Parts of the Centre Island miniature railway were washed out yesterday as rising Lake Ontario waters covered sections of the Toronto Islands
      Beaty, Keith
      6 April 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
      Dutton, Don
      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.
      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
      Stawicki, Andrew
      3/8/1987
      Crowds gathered at the water's edge to see 16-year-old Cindy Nicholas finish her Lake Ontario swim
      Crowds gathered at the water's edge to see 16-year-old Cindy Nicholas finish her Lake Ontario swim
      Nicholas, Cindy
      8/16/1974
      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]
      Dutton, Don
      4/10/1973
      Come on in -- the water's fine, Boys use sections of the Coronation Park bandshell as rafts yesterday in a flooded section of the Oakville park, inun(...)
      Come on in -- the water's fine, Boys use sections of the Coronation Park bandshell as rafts yesterday in a flooded section of the Oakville park, inun(...)
      Norris, Dave
      7/2/1973
      Take A jump in the Lake!-An Most Torontonians would probably shudder at the mere thought of plunging in Lake Ontario's 32-degree waters these frigid d(...)
      Take A jump in the Lake!-An Most Torontonians would probably shudder at the mere thought of plunging in Lake Ontario's 32-degree waters these frigid d(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/8/1937
      Water reader: Harry McLellan was so relaxed and warm in his special Helly-Hansen survival suit he wore it in Lake Ontario's 3 degree Celsius waters yesterday to catch up on the latest news
      Water reader: Harry McLellan was so relaxed and warm in his special Helly-Hansen survival suit he wore it in Lake Ontario's 3 degree Celsius waters yesterday to catch up on the latest news
      Slaughter, Mike
      2/23/1983
      Water reader: Harry McLellan was so relaxed and warm in his special Helly-Hansen survival suit he wore it in Lake Ontario's 3 degree Celsius waters yesterday to catch up on the latest news
      Water reader: Harry McLellan was so relaxed and warm in his special Helly-Hansen survival suit he wore it in Lake Ontario's 3 degree Celsius waters yesterday to catch up on the latest news
      Slaughter, Mike
      2/23/1983