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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. A line of volunteers are placing sandbags on of the weaker parts of the dikes

Date4/22/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: 4. A line of volunteers are placing sandbags on of the weaker parts of the dikes.
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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_0007311F
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
4 pix transmitted-lumsiten dikes rising to keep ahead of flood
4 pix transmitted-lumsiten dikes rising to keep ahead of flood
4/22/1974
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
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
Floodwater rises steadily higher in Carman, one of the small Manitoba communities unprotected by dikes
Floodwater rises steadily higher in Carman, one of the small Manitoba communities unprotected by dikes
4/25/1979
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
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
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
12 Corning, These houses were smashed to pieces after they were wrenched from basements and carried away by flood waters. They're resting on top of a dike
12 Corning, These houses were smashed to pieces after they were wrenched from basements and carried away by flood waters. They're resting on top of a dike
6/25/1972
Soldiers from Princess Patricia's Canadian light infantry patrol the dike protecting Emerson looking for leaks or other weaknesses
Soldiers from Princess Patricia's Canadian light infantry patrol the dike protecting Emerson looking for leaks or other weaknesses
4/29/1979