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  • CPR Wreck Caused by Bursting Dam - Current River Park
    CPR Wreck Caused by Bursting Dam - Current River Park
    Image       Three hundred feet of the Paquette Dam were affected when a one hundred fifty foot opening in the dam let water through. Five men were killed with the wreckage of a train when it ran headlong into the riverbank.
    Image     Three hundred feet of the Paquette Dam were affected when a one hundred fifty foot opening in the dam let water through. Five men were killed with the wreckage of …
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Current River Disaster
    Current River Disaster
    Image       The spring of 1908 was a season of extremes with May temperatures in the mid 80's. In the middle of May, the rains came, causing streams to swell. Shortly before midnight on May 27 a 200 million cubic foot, 20 foot high wall of water began surging down the Current …
    Image     The spring of 1908 was a season of extremes with May temperatures in the mid 80's. In the middle of May, the rains came, causing streams to swell. Shortly before …
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Current River (1908)
    Current River (1908)
    Image       Photo showing the swollen Current River. The flood of 1908 caused the loss of lives, power outages, and destruction of property, making it one of the Lakehead's greatest tragedies.
    Image     Photo showing the swollen Current River. The flood of 1908 caused the loss of lives, power outages, and destruction of property, making it one of the Lakehead's greatest tragedies.
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Current River Disaster (1908)
    Current River Disaster (1908)
    Image       Photo showing the CPR train wreck at Current River, May 28, 1908.
    Image     Photo showing the CPR train wreck at Current River, May 28, 1908.
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Current River Disaster (May 1908)
    Current River Disaster (May 1908)
    Image       Photo showing the damage done to the flumes, as a result of the flooding of the Current River, May 27, 1908.
    Image     Photo showing the damage done to the flumes, as a result of the flooding of the Current River, May 27, 1908.
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Paquette Dam (1908)
    Paquette Dam (1908)
    Image       Photo showing the destruction to the Paquette Dam caused by heavy rains and flooding of the Current River., The rains poured from mid May, swelling streams already engorged by sudden spring runoff. At the foot of a steep valley, a few miles downstream from the Onion Lake Dam, the smaller …
    Image     Photo showing the destruction to the Paquette Dam caused by heavy rains and flooding of the Current River., The rains poured from mid May, swelling streams already engorged by sudden …
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • A Corner in the Park, Current River (~1910)
    A Corner in the Park, Current River (~1910)
    Image       A leisurely afternoon in the park. Three canoes float in a placid section of the Current River, Port Arthur, near its mouth . A man stands beneath the trees on the shore., Just two years earlier, flood waters roared through this area, changing the shoreline completely. The Paquette dam had …
    Image     A leisurely afternoon in the park. Three canoes float in a placid section of the Current River, Port Arthur, near its mouth . A man stands beneath the trees on …
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Train Wreck - Current River (1908)
    Train Wreck - Current River (1908)
    Image       On May 27, 1908 heavy rains increased water levels of rivers and creeks that flowed into Onion Lake. Just before midnight, the dam broke, uprooting trees and carving new channels into the landscape. North of the CPR bridge was washed away, causing a CPR freight train to crash into the …
    Image     On May 27, 1908 heavy rains increased water levels of rivers and creeks that flowed into Onion Lake. Just before midnight, the dam broke, uprooting trees and carving new channels …
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Train Wreck, Current River Park (1908)
    Train Wreck, Current River Park (1908)
    Image       Also P3529
    Image     Also P3529
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Mouth of the Current River, Lake Superior, Thunder Bay
    Mouth of the Current River, Lake Superior, Thunder Bay
    Image       Canoes on water with rapids(?) beyond surrounded by trees. Signed at lower-right.
    Image     Canoes on water with rapids(?) beyond surrounded by trees. Signed at lower-right.
    Association for Great Lakes Maritime History
  • Man shot in Essa
    Man shot in Essa
    NewspaperText  20 Dec 2010, p. 2     ...
    NewspaperText  20 Dec 2010, p. 2   ...
    Orillia Public Library
  • Alliston Women's Institute
    Alliston Women's Institute
    GroupOrganization       Historic District: Simcoe South Active: No
    GroupOrganization     Historic District: Simcoe South Active: No
    Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario
  • Local skaters shine in Alliston, ill.
    Local skaters shine in Alliston, ill.
    NewspaperText  Orillia Packet & Times, 3 Feb 2016, Section B, p. 1     ...
    NewspaperText  Orillia Packet & Times, 3 Feb 2016, Section B, p. 1   ...
    Orillia Public Library
  • Lt. Gov'nor Gang clue #3
    Lt. Gov'nor Gang clue #3
    Image       Submission part of the WISH challenge for WI's 125th anniversary.
    Image     Submission part of the WISH challenge for WI's 125th anniversary.
    Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario
  • Suns shine at tournament, ill.
    Suns shine at tournament, ill.
    NewspaperText  Orillia Packet & Times, 29 Mar 2017, Section B, p. 1     ...
    NewspaperText  Orillia Packet & Times, 29 Mar 2017, Section B, p. 1   ...
    Orillia Public Library
  • 1865-1910 Baptisms, St. Paul the Apostle Parish, Alliston
    1865-1910 Baptisms, St. Paul the Apostle Parish, Alliston
    ImageTextPlace       In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burials are not sacraments and are therefore not formally recorded by all parishes. In Ontario, official death records are kept by the …
    ImageTextPlace     In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burials are …
    Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto
  • 1865-1910 Marriages, St. Paul the Apostle Parish, Alliston
    1865-1910 Marriages, St. Paul the Apostle Parish, Alliston
    ImageTextPlace       In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burials are not sacraments and are therefore not formally recorded by all parishes. In Ontario, official death records are kept by the …
    ImageTextPlace     In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burials are …
    Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto
  • Disaster at Current River Park (May 27, 1908)
    Disaster at Current River Park (May 27, 1908)
    Image       Photo showing the Current River Disaster. Heavy rains and flooding caused the tracks to be washed out, resulting in the derailment of a CPR freight train at Current River Park.
    Image     Photo showing the Current River Disaster. Heavy rains and flooding caused the tracks to be washed out, resulting in the derailment of a CPR freight train at Current River Park.
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Clearing Away the Wreck - Current River Disaster
    Clearing Away the Wreck - Current River Disaster
    Image       This photo shows people clearing away the wreck from the 1908 Current River flood disaster.
    Image     This photo shows people clearing away the wreck from the 1908 Current River flood disaster.
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Lt. Goven'r Gang Clue #1
    Lt. Goven'r Gang Clue #1
    Image       Submission part of the WISH challenge for WI's 125th anniversary.
    Image     Submission part of the WISH challenge for WI's 125th anniversary.
    Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario
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