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Volunteers worked late into the night building sandbag walls against 10-feet waves which threatened Lakeshore Rd
Volunteers worked late into the night building sandbag walls against 10-feet waves which threatened Lakeshore Rd

Volunteers worked late into the night building sandbag walls against 10-feet waves which threatened Lakeshore Rd

Date4/9/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Volunteers worked late into the night building sandbag walls against 10-feet waves which threatened Lakeshore Rd. homes in Oakville yesterday; as a result of a storm which hit the Lake Ontario shoreline from Burlington to Pickering. They are trying to sav
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Country:Canada
City, town or township:Oakville
Province or state:Ontario
Region or district:Durham (Ont. : Regional municipality)
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007209F
Burlington Firemen worked yesterday evacuating houses along the Beach Strip area, as the homeswere being threatened by 10- to 15-foot-high waves which(...)
Burlington Firemen worked yesterday evacuating houses along the Beach Strip area, as the homeswere being threatened by 10- to 15-foot-high waves which(...)
4/9/1973
Waves Threaten Oakville Lakeshore Homes yesterday as winds of up to 40 miles an hour threw 10-foot waves hundreds of feet inland. Ten acres of area pa(...)
Waves Threaten Oakville Lakeshore Homes yesterday as winds of up to 40 miles an hour threw 10-foot waves hundreds of feet inland. Ten acres of area pa(...)
4/9/1973
4. A line of volunteers are placing sandbags on of the weaker parts of the dikes
4. A line of volunteers are placing sandbags on of the weaker parts of the dikes
4/22/1974
Volunteers help pile 12,000 sandbags around farmer Ed Zylema's home near Winnipeg
Volunteers help pile 12,000 sandbags around farmer Ed Zylema's home near Winnipeg
4/25/1979
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
4/9/1973
A flood's wake: A passerby stares at a downtown building in Port Hope where racing floodwaters during the weekend ripped out brick walls and carried cars in their grip
A flood's wake: A passerby stares at a downtown building in Port Hope where racing floodwaters during the weekend ripped out brick walls and carried cars in their grip
3/22/1980
Behind Sandbags: Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hibbard watch Lake Ontario hit the Frenchman's Bay shoreline yesterday as sandbags protect their home
Behind Sandbags: Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hibbard watch Lake Ontario hit the Frenchman's Bay shoreline yesterday as sandbags protect their home
4/9/1973
Canadian soldiers ride on a farmer's wagon through flood waters of the Assiniboine river as they travel assists volunteers in plugging dykes in the Ba(...)
Canadian soldiers ride on a farmer's wagon through flood waters of the Assiniboine river as they travel assists volunteers in plugging dykes in the Ba(...)
5/13/1948
Town called Hope: One of Port Hope's hundreds of cleanup volunteers mans a bucket to bail mud and slush out of store basements in the town's flood ravaged business district
Town called Hope: One of Port Hope's hundreds of cleanup volunteers mans a bucket to bail mud and slush out of store basements in the town's flood ravaged business district
3/23/1980
Harriet Reisler watches volunteers carrying soiled garments from dress shop after Port Hope flood
Harriet Reisler watches volunteers carrying soiled garments from dress shop after Port Hope flood
3/23/1980
On the shore of Lake Erie, Eva Malolepszy and Nora Srokosz fill and stack sandbags outside their home in Harich Township as the already-high lake threatens houses
On the shore of Lake Erie, Eva Malolepszy and Nora Srokosz fill and stack sandbags outside their home in Harich Township as the already-high lake threatens houses
3/16/1973
Flood danger: Keith Hay stands beside some of the ice from the swollen Humber River that threatened to tear apart of his home in the Kleinburg area last week
Flood danger: Keith Hay stands beside some of the ice from the swollen Humber River that threatened to tear apart of his home in the Kleinburg area last week
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