Résultats

      Fall fairs have been taking place in the Iron Bridge area since 1888 and continue to this date. This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      Fall fairs have been taking place in the Iron Bridge area since 1888 and continue to this date. This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      The home had only been open for two years at the time of the flooding. This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History Scrapbook created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      Some of the homes shown in the photo belonged to Mr. B. Cummings and Mr. Wedgewood. This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

      Jerry Daigle, 1979

      A newspaper clipping about the beginnings of Iron Bridge and some of the first arrivals. It was surveyed in 1876 and the Taits and Tullochs arrived in 1879. The first horses arrived by boat to Thessalon and then were walked to (Mud) Bright Lake and swam across the lake.

      A photo and clipping from the Sault Star, May 3, 1979 regarding the flooding on the Mississagi River and the effects on Iron Bridge, Ontario.

      A photo and clipping about the heavy floods that claimed the life of a woman after her car slid into a ditch on Highway 17 near Blind River.

      A photo and clipping about the death of a woman who drown and another man who car skidded into the ditch and luckily was saved during the flooding near Blind River in 1979.

      A clipping regarding whether the Province would provide flood damage relief funds after the 1979 floods in several areas of Ontario. Iron Bridge was declared a disaster area and the preliminary damage estimates were $100,000.00

      A photo and a short description of a photo of carpeting rolled up and laying on trailers out in the rain after being removed from the home of Albert Wedgewood in the aftermath of the flooding on the Mississagi River in 1979.

      This article from the Sault Star, 1979 discusses the criticism the residents of Iron Bridge leveled against the Ministry of Natural Resources after two of their dams burst which affected the water levels on the Mississagi River.

      An article written in May of 1979 during the flooding that saw a 10 unit seniors residence evacuated and numerous homes that left damages over 1 million dollars. The article discusses the effects on the citizens and the economy of the small town.