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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(...)

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(...)

Date2/4/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 yesterday; dwarfing the children who play there despite warnings from the Credit Valley Conservation Authority that it's extremely dangerous. The long mild spell caused the big blocks of ice to be carried down the river by flooding water; which heaped them up along the banks. Some of the larger ice islands are two feet thick; 20 to 30 feet long and 10 feet across. They'll last for a while: The present cold; clear weather is expected to grip the area all this week.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106256F
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 (...)
9/25/1978
Robert Salna, a Richmond Hill mining engineer, opens a mine next week on the Caribbean island of Aruba, where he found chunks of quartz rich with gold veins
Robert Salna, a Richmond Hill mining engineer, opens a mine next week on the Caribbean island of Aruba, where he found chunks of quartz rich with gold veins
4/30/1990
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 (...)
4/13/1972
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
3/8/1987
Ice-choked credit river overflowed its banks at Glen Williams yesterday and sent a wave of gigantic ice-floes, logs and other debris racing through a (...)
Ice-choked credit river overflowed its banks at Glen Williams yesterday and sent a wave of gigantic ice-floes, logs and other debris racing through a (...)
3/8/1946
Blow for freedom: Thousands of excited Germans chipped off chunks of the Berlin Wall for Souvenirs
Blow for freedom: Thousands of excited Germans chipped off chunks of the Berlin Wall for Souvenirs
11/6/1988
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]
1/27/1973
Credit River, looking north to Lake Shore Road bridge (Port Credit)
Credit River, looking north to Lake Shore Road bridge (Port Credit)
4/9/1955
Government House (House For Travellers), Credit River, east side, south of Lakeshore Road
Government House (House For Travellers), Credit River, east side, south of Lakeshore Road
1800
Undeterred by warnings from the Ontario health ministry, hundreds of fishermen swarmed the banks and bridges on the Credit River during the weekend, seeking coho salmon
Undeterred by warnings from the Ontario health ministry, hundreds of fishermen swarmed the banks and bridges on the Credit River during the weekend, seeking coho salmon
10/5/1975
The swirling floodwaters of the Credit River near the foot of Willow Lane in Meadowvale don't upset some of the residents, even when their basements a(...)
The swirling floodwaters of the Credit River near the foot of Willow Lane in Meadowvale don't upset some of the residents, even when their basements a(...)
3/5/1974
Watching the water go by, a young visitor to the Caledon Centre for the Arts and Crafts, Veda Neets, stands beside the 20 foot waterfall that tumbles beside the 90-year-old mill on the Credit River, near Alton.
Watching the water go by, a young visitor to the Caledon Centre for the Arts and Crafts, Veda Neets, stands beside the 20 foot waterfall that tumbles beside the 90-year-old mill on the Credit River, near Alton.
9/27/1971