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      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.

      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 …

      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.

      Photo showing the CPR train wreck at Current River, May 28, 1908.

      Photo showing the damage done to the flumes, as a result of the flooding of the Current River, May 27, 1908.

      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 …

      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 …

      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 …

      Also P3529

      Canoes on water with rapids(?) beyond surrounded by trees. Signed at lower-right.

      First Rebuild: Official Number: 75697 Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 64 x 12 -- 33 tons Rebuilt: Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada in 1878 65x12x3. Owned by O. J. Paradis (Pierreville Navigation Co.) 1869; Dean & Baptiste, Trois Rivières 1877; J. Baptiste, Trois Rivières, 1886. Built by A. J. Paradis, Trois Rivières 1867; …

      Official No.: 100370; 108x20x6 Owned by C. Bourgeois, Trois Rivières. Built by C. Bourgeois & Co., Trois Rivières 1892. Engine 22x36 by A. McKelvie & Sons, Trois Rivières (made 1884). Ferry. Sank at wharf 15/11/07. ; Final Location: Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada, Foundered

      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.

      This photo shows people clearing away the wreck from the 1908 Current River flood disaster.

      Official No.: 33389; 88x18x6 Owned by P. Leblond & T. Foisy. Built by Normand, Trois Rivières 1857. Quebec ferry and to Ste. Anne de Beaupre.

      Official No.: 107238; First Rebuild: Official Number: 107238 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 69 x 15 -- 44 tons Rebuilt: in 1905 Second Rebuild: Propulsion: Screw 69x15x5 Owned by L. Dupre, Trois Rivières, Que. Engine 9x10 by Safety Power Co., New York. Steam Barge. Wrecked 20/03/18 Île a la Baque, Que. ; …

      Official No.: 100865; 65x14x5 Built and owned by A. Baptiste, Trois Rivières. Engine (oscillating) 9x48, maker unknown. Harbour tug.

      Official No.: 134360; 62x15x6 Owned by Bellerive Towing Co., Trois Rivières 1917, 1921; Hamilton Cove Pulpwood & Lumber Co. 1927, 1935; Anticosti Shipping Co., Montreal 1945. Saguenay River tug.

      92x23x8 Owned by Moses Hart, Trois Rivières. Built by Cormier, Trois Rivières and launched 04/07/35. Engine by Ward Bros., Montreal. Towboat.

      Official No.: 33390; 101x17x7 Owned by J. Normand & T. Foisy, Quebec. Built by J. Samson, Trois Rivières 1846, completed at Quebec. Tug.