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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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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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Country:Canada
City, town or township:Mississauga
Geograhical feature:Credit River (Ont.)
Neighbourhood:Streetsville (Mississauga, Ontario)
Province or state:Ontario
Region or district:Peel (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_0007231F
As the Credit River, swollen by spring runoff and heavy rain, rose alarmingly workmen abandoned a construction site south of Streetsville, building a (...)
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4/13/1972
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4/20/1975
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(...)
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4/13/1972
Swollen river: Residents watching the tugboats manoeuvre had to leave in a hurry when the river overflowed its banks, leaving much of the area under a foot of water
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2/16/1984
To keep ahead of the flood-swollen Qu'Appelle River while it threatens Lumsden, Sask
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4/23/1974
The flood-swollen Qu'Appelle River surges through Lumsden, Sask
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4/22/1974
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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2/25/1985
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
2/25/1985
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
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3/8/1987
A line of Rescue Canoes moves villagers from flooded-out homes as the rising waters of the Albany River inundated the James Bay community of Kashechewan. [Incomplete]
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4/26/1976
First municipally owned bridge to be replaced since Friday night's destructive floods has been erected over the Don river on John St., Thornhill. [Incomplete]
First municipally owned bridge to be replaced since Friday night's destructive floods has been erected over the Don river on John St., Thornhill. [Incomplete]
10/21/1954
Man standing next to a notice of development for flood plain lands, Humber Valley Conservation Authority
Man standing next to a notice of development for flood plain lands, Humber Valley Conservation Authority
1950