"Police Permit To Flooded Area"
Date1937
Credit LineGift of Mr. William A. Flinn, London, Ontario, 2013
Object number2013.002.001
Label TextThis permit gave Mrs. B. Hunter, resident at 127 Oxford Street, the right to enter London’s flood zone in April 1937. On April 26, 1937, the Thames River rose 23 feet (7 metres) above its normal level. Police issued permits to flood zone homeowners, including those who lived on Thames Street to control access to the area. Damage was estimated at $3 million ($18.6 million today). Later efforts to reduce flooding included the 1947 creation of the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority and the 1953 opening of the Fanshawe Dam.
NamePermit
c. 1910
