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These cottages and Boathouses along the north shore of Lake Erie near Erieau, are among many which were badly damaged as a result of the recent storm. [Incomplete]
These cottages and Boathouses along the north shore of Lake Erie near Erieau, are among many which were badly damaged as a result of the recent storm. [Incomplete]

These cottages and Boathouses along the north shore of Lake Erie near Erieau, are among many which were badly damaged as a result of the recent storm. [Incomplete]

Date4/11/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: These cottages and Boathouses along the north shore of Lake Erie near Erieau; are among many which were badly damaged as a result of the recent storm. [Incomplete]
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Country:Canada
City, town or township:Chatham-Kent
Geograhical feature:Erie, Lake (Ont.)
Historical location:Erieau (Ont.)
Neighbourhood:Erieau (Chatham-Kent, Ontario)
Province or state:Ontario
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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_0007211F
Surrounded by water following the recent storm and flooding along the Lake Erie shoreline, is this farm in the small community of Erieau, south of Chatham. [Incomplete]
Surrounded by water following the recent storm and flooding along the Lake Erie shoreline, is this farm in the small community of Erieau, south of Chatham. [Incomplete]
4/11/1973
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
Weekend floods along Lake St. Clair force Jeff Cada and his family from their home, in St. Clair Beach. [Incomplete]
Weekend floods along Lake St. Clair force Jeff Cada and his family from their home, in St. Clair Beach. [Incomplete]
3/17/1973
A house in Wheatley, Ont, sits surrounded by water from Lake Erie yesterday, with boats tied at the door
A house in Wheatley, Ont, sits surrounded by water from Lake Erie yesterday, with boats tied at the door
4/10/1973
Fire department boat on rescue duty sails along Highway 15 near Corning, N
Fire department boat on rescue duty sails along Highway 15 near Corning, N
6/25/1972
In corning, N.Y., one of hundreds of cars that were pushed through the streets by floodwaters lies entangled with debris as the waters subside. [incomplete]
In corning, N.Y., one of hundreds of cars that were pushed through the streets by floodwaters lies entangled with debris as the waters subside. [incomplete]
6/25/1972
A disaster Area is how Jack Moore describes the scene down the Lake Ontario shoreline from his Squires Beach home in Pickering yesterday. [Incomplete]
A disaster Area is how Jack Moore describes the scene down the Lake Ontario shoreline from his Squires Beach home in Pickering yesterday. [Incomplete]
4/10/1973
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
Sandbags guard beaches against lake, Cathryn Moss stands watch last night on sandbags that keep the water Lake Ontario out of the Balmy Beach Club and nearby boathouses
Sandbags guard beaches against lake, Cathryn Moss stands watch last night on sandbags that keep the water Lake Ontario out of the Balmy Beach Club and nearby boathouses
3/8/1979
Humber River, looking north along Albion Road
Humber River, looking north along Albion Road
1956
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(...)
11/15/1972
One of the 50 bulldozers at work to mile clay on top of the dikes, which were a few inches to a foot above the water
One of the 50 bulldozers at work to mile clay on top of the dikes, which were a few inches to a foot above the water
4/22/1974