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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
Subject
GeographyBuilding Monument ParkCredit Valley Conservation
GeographyGeographical FeatureCredit Valley (Ont.)
GeographyCity, town, townshipMississauga
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0007230F
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
Norris, Dave
6/25/1972
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(...)
Ross, Fred
6/12/1972
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
James, Norman
10/16/1954
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.
Toronto Star (Firm)
15 April 1952
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]
Norris, Dave
1/27/1973
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 (...)
Norris, Dave
4/13/1972
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(...)
Spremo, Boris
5/16/1974
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
Beaty, Keith
4/20/1975
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(...)
Norris, Dave
11/15/1972
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
Cooper, David
9/4/1981
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
Ontario.‏ ‎Conservation Authorities Branch‏
1950
Any port in a storm for stranded moose
Any port in a storm for stranded moose
Bull, Ron
5/2/1973