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Canal Road prior to Hurricane Hazel

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1950

Part of Local History Collection

Dyke before Hurricane Hazel looking west from 416 Canal Rd.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Community Support during the Aftermath of Hurricane Hazel

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Item
1979-10-10

Part of Local History Collection

"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 by Highway 400

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Part of Local History Collection

Crates along Hwy 400 after the marsh flooded during Hurricane Hazel

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Debris along Hwy 400

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Item
1979

Part of Local History Collection

Debris from the marshland piling up along Highway 400. Photograph from Betty Kennedy's 'Hurricane Hazel,' found in the Local History Collection.

Toronto Telegram

dePeuter House

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Item
1979

Part of Local History Collection

The dePeuter family standing next to their house, surrounded by debris. The debris came from the flood by Hurricane Hazel breaking the marsh's dykes.

Toronto Telegram

Development of Holland Marsh a Tremendous Boost to District

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Item
1965-11-17

Part of WEGWHIST Collection

Article in a special edition of the Bradford Witness (its 100th anniversary) based on the history of the Holland Marsh.

Bradford Witness

Dyke construction to cost $1.6-million

CA BWGPL LHC-Dis-Hazel-2016-08-04-04
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1979-10-17

Part of Local History Collection

"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 hits, 25 years after Hurricane Hazel.

Bradford Witness