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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 …

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      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.

      Officials examine the wreckage of a derailed freight train at Current River Park., On-lookers came by electric streetcar, canoe, rowboat and launch to view the destruction caused when the Paquette Dam burst. A westbound freight-train had derailed at Current River Park killing the engineer and brakeman, when the tracks were …

      Clearing away the debris from the May 28, 1908 Current River Disaster.

      A Linde photo of railway construction at the Olson, Camp 2 section of track in Northwestern Ontario.

      Photo of men working on the Chamber's Mc.& Mc. 3 section of the Trans Continental Railway in Northwestern Ontario.

      On May 27,1908, the Paquette Dam broke plunging the Canadian Pacific 91522 head first into the riverbed. Engineer Savard, brakeman Inman and fireman McBride died instantly. Fort William offered to help Port Arthur as the cost for clean up and repairs would be about two hundred thousand dollars.

      A formal photograph of family and friends outside a stately home on Pearl Street. An elderly gentleman sits in a wheelchair near the front of the gathering. Behind him stand the bride and groom. The groom is wearing a military uniform and a helmet. The 1909-1910 Henderson's Directory lists an …

      Black and white photograph of a grain elevator under construction in the Fort William area.

      Black and white photograph of a grain elevator under construction in the Fort William area.

      Black and white photograph of a grain elevator under construction in the Fort William area.

      Black and white photograph of a grain elevator under construction in the Fort William area.

      Black and white photograph of a grain elevator under construction in the Fort William area.