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Liz
Jan 21, 07 - 2:44 AM |
Winnepeg Pool Flood
This recent 'weather' thread reminds me of a query I've been intending to post: Does anyone have information about the Winnepeg Pool flood (in the Coombe area of St. Stephen's in Brannel). In researching Yelland ancestors who lived at Court Mills in the 1800s, I came across a quote in a collection of reminisences, this one by a former resident of Court Mill: "I'm not sure when Winnepeg Pool burst its banks and sent torrents of water down through Court Mill and Coombe Valley, but I remember looking out my bedroom window to see a wave of clay sweeping everything away...This tidal wave came at night; it was all over in a few hours, leaving complete devastation to Court Mill." Does anyone know what year this event happened? Perhaps in the early 1900s? Thanks, Liz S. |
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