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Just off the eo nn 7 Thursday, July 21, 1960 DISPLAY 8 Lockheed Aircraft production line, is the first of the RCAF Hercules four engine turbo-prop jet heavy transport air- . craft. Featuring easy manoeuvrability "and rapid loading facilities, the 60 ton giant airlifter can-be converted to carry 92 airborne : 'troops or 15 tons ef cargo and land them in remote seetions of the-world, in sandy deserts or arctic ice fields, with a non-stop range of 3400 miles. The first Hercules is expected to be in service with the RCAF later this year. we Eight Inc s of Rain" Causes Area Flooding. it : * Following: is the story of the floods that hurt New Liskeard dur- ing June, told in a letter to R. 5 OW. Thompson by Department of Public Works, District Engineer, "Andre Michaud. : Kent-Albert Building, seit Ottawa, July 12, 1960. Dear Sir: : In answer to your letter of June 22, 1960, I shall attempt to des- - cribe to you the causes of the high water at your city, and the mea- sures that were taken to cope with the situation. ' - During the month of June, the Jand around the head-waters of the Ottawa River got an extra- ordinary amount of rain. In the * region of Lake Temiskaming, more than five inches were reported for the month, but severe as this pre- cipitation was, it was yet much less than farther south. In the area of Quinze Lake, the rainfall was a record. For at An- ghiers, P.Q., at the foot of this Jake, the damkeeper recorded for June a total rainfall of 7.77 inches of rain. One can, if one is told that the average rainfall for the month ad has been, for' the past. forty-eight ryears, no more than 3.38 inches, appreciate the magnitude of -this deluge. Even so, however, the full extent of it is not revealed, because these figures do not show the short length of time during which the Jrainfall took place, for it was not spread: out evenly over the full month, but concentrated. at the end, when 7.13 inches of rain fell in the last two weeks of June. Inevitably, this tremendous rain had its effect upon. the Ottawa River drainage system. It increas- ed the inflow not only at Quinze River, but also at the drainage: basins below it, including Lake. Temiskaming, which, already get- ting the inflow from the heavy 'lo- cal rains that had been falling since the beginning of the month and continued to fall till the end of it, was soon in a state of flood. By the 19th of the month, the lake was up to its 'full' level of 589.0. By the 25th, at 590.45 it was higher by a foot. and one half, and the inflow of water was stid on the' rise; there seemed no limit to what the level would reach. 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Owned and operated by the Fed- eral Department of Public Works, 'these dams are there to regulate and control, as far as possible, the level of the water in the basin above them, for Lake Temiskam- ing is a storage reservoir that holds water in readiness for use by the various hydro-electric power plants below. But they can be used for needs other than those of the power requirements; they can also be used as flood control dams. Up- on realizing the extent of the pre- sent flood, engineers of the Depart- ment at once began to manipulate them so as to allow some of the 'surplus water to escape into the channel lower down. This they did 'by opening sluices in the dams, thus. increasing the flow through them. Accordingly, from a dis charge of 15,000 cubic feet per sec- ond on June_i8th, the flow was raised first to 17,000 then to.28,000; it was raised again to 38,000 and- higher, till, at the end of the. week, when the level of the lake had reached its peak, water was pour- ing from it at the rate of 68,000 cu- bie feet per second. This was a tre- |maendous flow for this. time of 'year; nevertheless, before the flood ended it was-to go still higher. But it could not be increased any furth- er just then, for now another com- plication arose, directly attribut- able to the high discharge of the Temiskaming Dams. . Along the shores of the Ottawa River below Lake Temiskaming are several towns and settlements. (Continued On Page Two) As 'the flow through the dams in- creased the water in the river be- }/gan to rise, and these people be- gan to complain; they wanted ac- tion of some sort to protect their (property. Particularly disturbed by the rising waters, the Town of 'Mattawa, which had just recover- ed from a severe flood, reacted immediately. 'The town council in- formed the Department that in the previous days the river near their town had risen sharply, that two streets were flooded, and several houses were threatened. The coun- cil demanded immediate relief. It was not long, however, till some .méasure. of relief was brought to Mattawa, and this was done. by the good offices of the the month, Butter and Cheese In Good Supply - Figures released by the Onttatio Department of Agriculture show a substanttial increase in ithe man- ufacture of creamery. butter and Cheddiar cheese iin the district of Temiskiaming, over last year's out- put. : During tthe ifive moniths ending May 31, 1960, ithe district: produced 373,510 pounds of butter, an in- crease of 69,188 pounds over last year's production during the same period, In, May 1960, the output was 159,969 pounds, an: increase of 44,090 pounds over 1959. Cheddar cheese manufactured during the dirst five months of the year totaled 99,946 pounds, over twice las much as in the same period in 1959, when the total was 49,748. Figures for the month of May are 18,392 pounds in 1959 and 19,893 for 1960. the ean other agency, which besides Department of Public Works, exercise some control over the flow of the Ottawa River. The On- tario. Hydro-Electric. Commission, owning power plants all along the stream, can, to some extent, regu- late its level, and, seeing the dan- ger_of the high water, officials of that agency at once caused the level of the forebay at Des Joa- chims to be lowered, tawa to drop in level, putting the town out of danger. On learning of this favourable turn of events, the Public Works engineers again di- rected their attention to the Tem- iskaming Dams, for now they could again increase the through them. This they at once proceeded to do, with the result that on Monday,-June 27th, the flow. was up to 73,000, and continuing to open sluices, they caused it to rise still higher till, on the last day of the flow from Lake Temiskaming had reached a peak of 80,000 cubie feet per second. Responding to this manipulation of the dams, the water in Lake Tem- iskaming had been slowly falling for thé pdst several days, and, continuing to fall, it returned, on July 4th, to its normal 'full' level of 589.0. Ly) I think we can now be reason- ably confident that there will be no recurrence of this high water this year. : Yours very, truly, : Andre - Michaud, District Engineer. The Haileyburian an action} that' soon allowed the river at Mat- discharge. a Page 3 Cobalt Personals Mr. and Mrs. Tremaine Banks, Bobby, Jimmy and Lee of Kirk- land Lake, spent the week-end with relatives in Cobalt. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brosko and family have returned home to Nor- anda after a holiday in Southern Ontario and a few days camping at Bass Lake. They were accomp~- anied by Richard Damiani who will visit with them. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Svekers and Krissie have returned home from holidays after visiting friends and relatives at Prescott, Ottawa and Rolphton. North Cobalt personals - Mr. and .Mrs. Cliford Kelly spent afew days 'with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kelly, Val @Or, and visited at the 'home of My. and Mrs. George McCann, Kirkland Lake. atives in town, Haileybury and New Liskeard. ' Mrs. Charles Graham of Oak Ridges spent a couple of days call- ing on old friends in town.. Mrs. Mark Watters, son Thomas Albert Larkins, Sr., and Mr, Lar- Keim; : Mr. and Mrs..W. Amey, Kings- ton, visited on Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Amey's cousin, Burt MacPherson, and Mrs. MacPher- son. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watson spent.the week-end in Sudbury. Congratulations to the L.0.B.A. for the best. dressed lodge in the pawade at the Orange celebration Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Sutton of Mr. and Mus. Albert Larkin, Jr, _ Atikokan, are holidaying with rel- © of Oakville, spent a few days at , 'the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. ., held in, North Bay, Saturday, July Elliot: Lake visited on Sunday at' the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Albert McChesney. Mrs. Edward Mahon is a patient' in Misericordia Hospital, Hailey- bury, after undergoing surgery. 'Ma. and Mrs. and son Teddy of Sudbury spent the week-end at the home of his mother, Mrs. Albert McChesney, Mr, and Mrs. C. McCharles of ° Kingston visited on Thursday at Ted McChesney ° No: 175 who won the first prize . the home of Mr and Mrs. Burt . MaePherson. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gareau and family of Atikokan are spending | 4 holiday with Mrs. Gareau's mo- ther, Mirs.. James Warren. bir. and Mrs. William Fenton and family of Cannington spent" a few days with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Harold Fenton. Mrs. M. Cosgrove spent a few days at the home of her' brother - and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, Larry Britt, Chaput Hughes. Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Burk of Harris Township spent Sunday with irs. Burk's mother, Mrs, Albert McChesney. Mos. L. S. Lafoy spent a few days in Torento and Elmwood. Miss Ruth Bernache spent the | week-end at Sudbury. Mr. and Mrs. B. C..Warner and granddaughter Dorothy; Warnier, teft Thursday for their home at ' t Eimwood,.after spending- a week | with (irs. Warner's brother, Burt | MacPherson, and Mrs. MacPhetr- 60m. : A pleasant evening was spent | on Thursday at the home of Mr, and Mrs. George Hillman, when a group of Gary Hillman's friends dropped. in to help him celebrate and comtests provided entertain- ment. Gary received some lovely gifts for which he thanked his friends. Lunch was served by Gary's mother. Those present in- Auded Gery and Keith Miller, Brian and Lorraine Mahon, Debbie Larocque, Bruce and Judy Ruddy, bine, Classified Ads . Bring Results Carol Sauve, Carol and Trudy La- | Lhis 16th birthday. Several games | i | ( i