Caption
The dramatic flooding on July 1st of 20,000 acres along the north shore of the St. Lawrence to form part of the new 100 square mile Lake St. Lawrence, headpond for the adjoining U.S.-Canadian generating stations at Cornwall, was the fulfilment of a 30-year dream to develop power in the International Rapids Section of this river. Submerged beneath the artificial lake are all or part of 8 communities from Iroquois to Mille Roches and some 225 farms. Relocation involved the shifting of 6,500 people and 525 homes as well as the construction of 477 new buildings, railways and highways, in surrounding townships.
Release Date
December 26, 1958
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
Princess Margaret got her first glimpse of Canada in '58 with a summertime tour of 8 provinces. In Nova Scotia she chatted animatedly with fishermen from Digby's scallop fleet and accepted a rare blue scallop shell as a pretty memento of the occasion.
Date
August 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB86115
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176809
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
On May 12th Blackfoot Chief James Gladstone became the first Indian Senator in Canada's history. The 70-year-old rancher from Alberta took the oath of allegiance in cutaway coat and striped trousers, posed happily afterwards in his traditional dress against Ottawa's Parliament buildings.
Date
December 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB87192
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176910
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
On April 5 at 31 minutes past 9 on a misty grey morning a mighty explosion whipped the foam-flecked waters of Vancouver's Seymour Narrows into a 1,500 foot fountain tossing huge boulders into the air like pebbles and destroying forever the age-old navigational hazard of twin-peaked Ripple Rock, graveyard of a hundred ships and the men who went down with them. The blast was the spectacular end of a bold enterprise which was 5 years in the planning and preparation; as the boiling waters slowly settled back, the destruction of Ripple Rock took its place as one of the great engineering feats of our time.
Accession Number
LAC-NFB87206
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176913
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
In December, Lucile Wheeler of St. Jovite, Que., climaxed a year of sports successes by winning the title Canada's Outstanding Woman Amateur Athlete for 1958. Her double victory in the World Ski Championships held last February in Austria pushed the 23-year-old champion into national prominence.
Accession Number
LAC-NFB87207
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176914
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
15-year-old Gail Adams from Drumheller, Alta., walked away with the World Wheat Queen title at the '58 Royal Winter Fair. Britain, France, the United States and Australia were among the countries participating in the international competition. Gail won the award with a sample of disease and drought resistant Chinook wheat.
Accession Number
LAC-NFB87208
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176915
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #190: People and Events in the News:Canadian Highlights of 1958
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Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
December 26, 1958
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
The dramatic flooding on July 1st of 20,000 acres along the north shore of the St. Lawrence to form part of the new 100 square mile Lake St. Lawrence, headpond for the adjoining U.S.-Canadian generating stations at Cornwall, was the fulfilment of a 30-year dream to develop power in the International Rapids Section of this river. Submerged beneath the artificial lake are all or part of 8 communities from Iroquois to Mille Roches and some 225 farms. Relocation involved the shifting of 6,500 people and 525 homes as well as the construction of 477 new buildings, railways and highways, in surrounding townships.
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