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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]

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]

Date1/27/1973
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  • 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]
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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]
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007231F
      GeographyCountryCanada
      Geography
      GeographyCity, town, twpMississauga
      Geography
      Geography
      GeographyGeographical FeatureCredit River (Ont.)
      Geography
      GeographyNeighbourhoodStreetsville (Mississauga, Ontario)
      Geography
      GeographyProvince or StateOntario
      GeographyRegion or DistrictPeel (Ont. : Regional municipality)
      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
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      Fight for survival: A tangle of tubes and wires engulfs tiny Bianca Scarpone, keeping the 14-weeks-premature tot alive in a small, transparent incubator at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital
      Nethercott, Diana
      6/25/1987
      The parents of some of these Toronto youths were worried when the six of them banded together under one roof in the north end of Metro where they set (...)
      The parents of some of these Toronto youths were worried when the six of them banded together under one roof in the north end of Metro where they set (...)
      Griffin, Doug
      1/29/1970
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      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      7/29/1971
      Streetsville Mayor Hazel McCallion inspects flooding caused by the storm-swollen Mullett Creek, which flows through the town, engulfed Dolphin Park an(...)
      Streetsville Mayor Hazel McCallion inspects flooding caused by the storm-swollen Mullett Creek, which flows through the town, engulfed Dolphin Park an(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      2/4/1973
      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
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      Beaty, Keith
      4/20/1975
      Dense Cloud: Billowing smoke and flames engulf a storage shed at dump where tires have been burning 14 days despite a herculean effort to douse the blaze
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      Spremo, Boris
      2/22/1990
      Boisterous dancing of the Red Army Chorus and Band last night swept away any gloom that might have been brought on by heavy rain at the CNE Grandstand(...)
      Boisterous dancing of the Red Army Chorus and Band last night swept away any gloom that might have been brought on by heavy rain at the CNE Grandstand(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      8/20/1973
      The spring runoff, combined with yesterday's downpour, has turned the Credit River into a swollen, ragining torrent that has overflowed its bank in ma(...)
      The spring runoff, combined with yesterday's downpour, has turned the Credit River into a swollen, ragining torrent that has overflowed its bank in ma(...)
      Norris, Dave
      4/13/1972
      Islands of ice choke the Credit River, Huge chunks of ice pile up on the Credit River just south of the Britannia Road bridge near Streetsville yester(...)
      Islands of ice choke the Credit River, Huge chunks of ice pile up on the Credit River just south of the Britannia Road bridge near Streetsville yester(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      2/4/1974
      Work, Policewoman Maureen Grant checks with Mississauga police Constable Bill Sholin at door of his Most of her time is spent working with youths. [Incomplete]
      Work, Policewoman Maureen Grant checks with Mississauga police Constable Bill Sholin at door of his Most of her time is spent working with youths. [Incomplete]
      Norris, Dave
      3/18/1972
      Another wy to catch a fish. A catch for Dan Gibson is strictly on film as he angles for a shot beside the Credit River near Streetsville. Gibson is a (...)
      Another wy to catch a fish. A catch for Dan Gibson is strictly on film as he angles for a shot beside the Credit River near Streetsville. Gibson is a (...)
      Beaty, Keith
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