LH2045 Hurricane Hazel - trees down on Masson Street
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white photo of some children playing on the uprooted trees laying across the sidewalk in front of houses on the East side of Masson Street. The inscription indicates the houses are located at 543 and 547 Masson.
- Notes
- Hurricane Hazel is one of the most infamous storms in Southern Ontario history. On October 15, 1954, after it was supposed to have calmed down, the hurricane intensified and left a huge path of destruction throughout the Toronto area. The reconstruction cost Ontario $100 million, which is about $1 billion by today's standards. Besides the financial costs, the provincial government reacted to the hurricane by making amendments to the Conservation Authorities Act.
- Inscriptions
- "543, 547 - Masson looking North"
- Date of Original
- October, 1954
- Dimensions
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Width: 11.5 cm
Height: 9 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- LH2045
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.909754349797 Longitude: -78.8660216331482
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- 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.
- Location of Original
- PHOTO GPC B-002 000117
- Terms of Use
- please credit Oshawa Public Libraries, Local History Collection
- Contact
- Oshawa Public LibrariesEmail:nadams@oshawalibrary.on.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
Nicole Adams, Local History and Genealogy Librarian
65 Bagot Street
Oshawa, ON L1H 1N2
905-579-6111 EXT 5253
