Canal Road prior to Hurricane Hazel
- CA BWGPL LHC-DIS-Hazel-PH9551
- Pièce
- 1950
Dyke before Hurricane Hazel looking west from 416 Canal Rd.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Canal Road prior to Hurricane Hazel
Dyke before Hurricane Hazel looking west from 416 Canal Rd.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Community Support during the Aftermath of Hurricane Hazel
"Feeding refugees: Marsh refugees enjoy a hot meal in the Bradford town hall after their flight from the flooded Holland Marsh. Most spent the winter in an emergency trailer camp set up where the community centre stands today."
Bradford Witness
Crates along Hwy 400 after the marsh flooded during Hurricane Hazel
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Debris from the marshland piling up along Highway 400. Photograph from Betty Kennedy's 'Hurricane Hazel,' found in the Local History Collection.
Toronto Telegram
Dyke construction to cost $1.6-million
"Protecting the Holland Marsh from another Hurricane Hazel will cost at least $1.6-million, according to figures released by the South Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority...." The Marsh fears its dykes will not hold off another flood if a big storm...
Bradford Witness
Interior of Auke Ellens' store, flooded by Hurricane Hazel breaking the marsh's dykes.
Toronto Telegram
Holland Marsh farmers return home to salvage belonging. Photograph from in Betty Kennedy's 'Hurricane Hazel,' found in the Local History Collection.
Toronto Telegram
Bushels of carrots in storage following Hurricane Hazel.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Municipality : West Gwillimbury Community : Holland Marsh Lot : 8 Concession : 3 Description : A flooded field facing north east from Hwy. 400 after Hurricane Hazel (Oct. 15, 1954). In the foreground is the service road that runs beside Hwy. 400 b...
Rob Watson
"George Horlings' Home, built above level of Lake Simcoe, is dry"
Bradford Witness