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Geographic Location: Rapides-des-Joachims- Item types: Photographs
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- Des Joachim News 1950
Document providing biographical information for the workers and builders of the Des Joachims Dam. Document providing biographical information for the workers and builders of the Des Joachims Dam.Head, Clara and Maria Public Library - Couple Poses on The Bridge to Swisha
Prior to the construction of a hydro-electric dam in 1950, the village site of Rapides-des-Joachims (Swisha) was not an island. The rising water flooded an old river bed from the north through Lake McConnell. (Source: Kennedy, Clyde C. The Upper Ottawa Valley, Renfrew County Council, Pembroke, 1970) Prior to the construction of a hydro-electric dam in 1950, the village site of Rapides-des-Joachims (Swisha) was not an island. The rising water flooded an old river bed from the …Head, Clara and Maria Public Library
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