Gordon, Trudy, Frances, and Auke Ellens in front of their home in the Holland Marsh. They are standing beside their cookstove, which was used outside the house until the chimney was installed (the chimney pictured was newly installed). Auke Ellens had immigrated from the Netherlands.
"Holland Marsh residents and everyone living in this district will always remember "Hurrican [sic] Hazel" and the worst storm in Ontario's history, a storm which inundated the rich Holland Marsh gardens, ruining all crops yet to be harvested, sweeping buildings away in the water currents, and submerging some of the most beautiful homes of the district under feet of dirty water. ..."
Contains items relating to the hamlets and small communities of Bradford West Gwillimbury, such as:
Amsterdam
Ansnorveldt
Bond Head
Coulson's Hill
Deerhurst
Dunkerron
Fennel's Corners
Fisher's Corners
Gilford
The Hollows
Mount Pleasant / Botchtown
Middleton / Middletown
Newton Robinson / Latimer's Corners
Pinkerton
Springdale
Steele's Corners
Springdale Christian Reformed Church and Parsonage as they appeared Oct. 16, 1954, submerged under the flood waters following Hurricane Hazel. This photo is from the Bradford Womens Institute Scrapbooks.
The restored Church and Parsonage at Springdale Christian Reform Church. A meeting room is to be built at the rear and north of the church. This photo is from the Bradford Womens Institute Scrapbooks.