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Robert Saunders and the pumping of the Marsh

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1979

Robert Saunders (left) and numerous other companies came to the aid of the Holland Marsh, offering their equipment free of charge to pump out the flood water. The Marsh was dry again by November 13th.

Toronto Telegram

Springdale from above

CA BWGPL LHC-Dis-Hazel-2016-11-04-08
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1979

Part of Local History Collection

Springdale's main road viewed from above to see the extent of the flooding.

Toronto Telegram

Wooden clog

CA BWGPL LHC-Dis-Hazel-2016-11-04-09
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1979

Part of Local History Collection

A wooden clog found in the debris field caused by the flood of Hurricane Hazel and the dykes overflowing.

York University Archives

Holland Marsh mural

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2016-07-09

Part of Local History Collection

Mural on the side of 64 Holland St. West. It depicted the farmers of the Holland Marsh. This mural was painted in 1995 as part of the Downtown Revitalization Project. It was painted over in the fall of 2016 due to vandalism, and only Gwilly the Carrot remains.

Amanda Gallagher

Hazel remembered & Aftermath of the Flood

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1994-10-04

Part of Local History Collection

Two articles relating to the memories of those who lived through the Holland marsh flooding due to Hurricane Hazel. The first is a continuation of Edo Knibbe's recollection, and the second is by Addy Ellens.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Times

Surveyor-General gave name to Holland Marsh

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1999-03-25

Part of Local History Collection

"The ties between "The Marsh" and the Netherlands seem to have been destined by fate's fickle finger. They stretch back to the earliest days of British settlement when in 1791 General Frederick Haldimand, Canada's Governor-in-Chief, assigned his Surveyor-General to do a survey of the Lake Simcoe area. Although a British army officer, the man was Dutch-born and by coincidence was named Samuel Johannes Holland." ...

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