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      The picture could be of the King George VI.

      This is a Tweedsmuir history (scrapbook) of the Burk's Falls area, collected by the Chalmers Women's Institute. The scrapbook is comprised of newspaper clippings taken from local newspapers. It also has both black and colour photographs of local personalities. The topics covered include local politics, business, religion, schools, prominent residents, …

      Fall fairs have been taking place in the Iron Bridge area since 1888 and continue to this date. This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      Fall fairs have been taking place in the Iron Bridge area since 1888 and continue to this date. This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      The home had only been open for two years at the time of the flooding. This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History Scrapbook created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      Some of the homes shown in the photo belonged to Mr. B. Cummings and Mr. Wedgewood. This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      Back Row: (Left to Right) Peggy MacLean, Marilyn Fulton, Shirley Seabrook, Marjorie Mills, FWIO Board Director- Laura Miller, Georgina Smith, Rachel Seabrook. Front Row: (Left to Right) Florence MacLean, Margaret Falls, Marie Owens, Addie Seabrook, Grace Broad.

      A newspaper clipping about the beginnings of Iron Bridge and some of the first arrivals. It was surveyed in 1876 and the Taits and Tullochs arrived in 1879. The first horses arrived by boat to Thessalon and then were walked to (Mud) Bright Lake and swam across the lake.

      A photo and clipping about the heavy floods that claimed the life of a woman after her car slid into a ditch on Highway 17 near Blind River.

      A clipping regarding whether the Province would provide flood damage relief funds after the 1979 floods in several areas of Ontario. Iron Bridge was declared a disaster area and the preliminary damage estimates were $100,000.00

      A column from the Sault Star May 1979 discussing the clean up in Iron Bridge that followed the damage caused by the flooding of the Mississagi River.

      An article about the state of mind of the people who were residents in Iron Bridge in 1979 as the waters rose to extremely high levels resulting in severe flooding.

      This article discusses the fears that people in Iron Bridge felt regarding the possibility of Ontario Hydro opening more gates to relieve pressure behind its dams when there had already been severe flooding in many local areas.

 Purple Valley Women's Institute, Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON), [1979] - [1979]     Newspaper Articles Obituaries - Lottie Urbshott, May 16, 1979 - Nellie Gilbert Winch, Aug. 28, 1979 - William Harold Wark, Dec. 7, 1979 - Charles H. Stephens, Dec. 1, 1979 50th Wedding Anniversary - Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brough, 1979

 Purple Valley Women's Institute, Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON), [1979] - [1979]     Newspaper Articles Obituaries - Edward Austin Waugh, Jan.24,1979 - Percy Howe, Feb.20,1979 - Marie Graham, March 3,1979

 Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON: Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario), [1947] - [1979]     Curators for this volume Mrs. John Hawthorne Mrs. Gordon Oattes Mrs. Kenneth Eckford Mrs. Harry Weller Committee Members Mrs. Duncan Hendrick Mrs. Robert Bennett Mrs. Gordon Cattes Mrs. Donald Dowdall