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VanierThen: A Collection of Photographs (no.6)

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Though spring flooding along the Rideau River may have been a more common concern, summer and autumn storms have also flooded Vanier’s streets from time to time. Pictured here, on August 10, 1959, is the original Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Church, on a flooded Montreal Road. 

The church building was destroyed by fire on May 28, 1973, with today’s modern church structure built two years later. Five bells from the original building have been incorporated into today’s church bell tower.

VanierThen is a regular series, produced in collaboration with Vanier’s Muséoparc. Special thanks to the museum’s researcher, Yanick Labossière, and museum’s curator, Janik Aubin-Robert, for identifying this image and making this possible. Image Credit: Ottawa City Archives, Citizen Fonds.

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