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Don Valley waterway: A solitary Metro police car was the only vehicle on the road this morning as the Don Valley turned into one big lake after a record-setting rainfall overnight
Don Valley waterway: A solitary Metro police car was the only vehicle on the road this morning as the Don Valley turned into one big lake after a record-setting rainfall overnight

Don Valley waterway: A solitary Metro police car was the only vehicle on the road this morning as the Don Valley turned into one big lake after a record-setting rainfall overnight

Date8/27/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Don Valley waterway: A solitary Metro police car was the only vehicle on the road this morning as the Don Valley turned into one big lake after a record-setting rainfall overnight.
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0007285F
      All at sea: This GO train looked more like some amphibious vehicle when it ran into a flooded section of track in the Don Valley this morning
      All at sea: This GO train looked more like some amphibious vehicle when it ran into a flooded section of track in the Don Valley this morning
      Dutton, Don
      2/11/1981
      Fire trucks, ambulances, police cars and other emergency vehicles litter the Etobicoke Creek valley where the stricken plane came to rest. Cause of th(...)
      Fire trucks, ambulances, police cars and other emergency vehicles litter the Etobicoke Creek valley where the stricken plane came to rest. Cause of th(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      6/26/1978
      Watching a building from which a sniper fired on the Don Valley Parkway yesterday, a police officer crouches behind his car, a telescopic sight on his(...)
      Watching a building from which a sniper fired on the Don Valley Parkway yesterday, a police officer crouches behind his car, a telescopic sight on his(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      1/28/1975
      After an accident on the Don Valley Parkway, Karygiannis uses a tow-truck telephone to call police
      After an accident on the Don Valley Parkway, Karygiannis uses a tow-truck telephone to call police
      Karygiannis, Jim, 1955-
      12/15/1988
      Jim Gillies, MP for Don Valley West, scored a record 14
      Jim Gillies, MP for Don Valley West, scored a record 14
      Gillies, James, 1924-2015
      5/2/1978
      Robert Kaplan, Liberal MP for Don Valley who returns today to Ottawa for parliamentary sittings, wears a big floral printed tie that is big fashion am(...)
      Robert Kaplan, Liberal MP for Don Valley who returns today to Ottawa for parliamentary sittings, wears a big floral printed tie that is big fashion am(...)
      Canada. Solicitor General Canada
      3/30/1970
      Artistic view of the Don Valley, showing the Don Mills Road
      Artistic view of the Don Valley, showing the Don Mills Road
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/22/1930
      Spare the air: Warnings about Toronto's air quality weren't enough to keep these cars off the Don Valley Parkway last week
      Spare the air: Warnings about Toronto's air quality weren't enough to keep these cars off the Don Valley Parkway last week
      Russell, Steve
      6/25/1998
      River clean-up yields 39 cars, Don Stacey holds twisted metal he found down the side of a steep ravine in the Humber River Valley west of Kleinberg
      River clean-up yields 39 cars, Don Stacey holds twisted metal he found down the side of a steep ravine in the Humber River Valley west of Kleinberg
      Bock, Tony
      9/13/1988
      Snarled by the snow, slowly moving lines of cars jam the southbound lanes of the Don Valley Parkway today
      Snarled by the snow, slowly moving lines of cars jam the southbound lanes of the Don Valley Parkway today
      Barkley, Harold
      12/10/1970
      Caught in avalanche of mud from landslide that plugged section of Don Valley Parkway, car owned by Sandra O'Toole, 24, is towed away (top)
      Caught in avalanche of mud from landslide that plugged section of Don Valley Parkway, car owned by Sandra O'Toole, 24, is towed away (top)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      4/18/1969
      Soggy tuesday: Yesterday's balmy weather that turned to heavy rainfall shortly after noon left many pedestrians in the downtown area ill prepared to protect themselves
      Soggy tuesday: Yesterday's balmy weather that turned to heavy rainfall shortly after noon left many pedestrians in the downtown area ill prepared to protect themselves
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/31/1989