The 1979 Sturgeon River flood at the Abitibi mill.
Description
- Creators
- Gervais, Hubert, Photographer
- The Abitibi Mill in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- The 1979 Sturgeon River flood at the Abitibi mill was the biggest in 300 years.
- Notes
- The flow in the Sturgeon River during its height on May 1, 1979 was recorded by Ontario as being the maximum flow ever in the river which means it was a one in 300 year flood which destroyed the Field village and took away the Crystal Falls bridge.
- Date of Original
- Spring of 1979
- Dimensions
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Width: 6 in
Height: 4 in
- Corporate Name(s)
- Abitibi Company
- Collection
- Gervais, Hubert
- Language of Item
- English; French
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 46.3665530933363 Longitude: -79.934556105957
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- Donor
- Gervais, Hubert
- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Holder
- Société historique de Nipissing Ouest
- Contact
- Société historique de Nipissing OuestEmail:pn_dp@wnpl.ca
Agency street/mail address:250 chemin Fort Road
Sturgeon Falls ON P2B 2N7
Tél.: 705-753-4716
Fax: 705-753-5476
