In this episode we look deep into the eye of the storm as we travel back to the year 1913, when Collingwood finds itself at the center of an international tragedy of staggering proportions. And days later, as the news slowly comes out it just kept getting worse and worse for the families of our town. After the story we talk about the memorial windows in All Saint's Anglican Church, dedicated to those lost in the great storm. And finally, we invite our listeners to head over to our Facebook page and follow our quest to reign supreme in the Simcoe County Museum March Madness competition with our story of Nurse Ethel May Dawson, who is also featured in a memorial window in All Saint's.

Episode Picture:

The Launch of the SS James Carruthers [Collingwood Museum Collection X974.539.1]

Research:

Scotty Carmichael “Black Sunday” Barbara Arp, ed., Reflections An Historical Anthology of Collingwood (Collingwood: The Corporation of the Town of Collingwood, 1983), 131-132.

Hardy, Michael “The Great Storm of 1913” Thumbwind.com October 4, 2021.  https://thumbwind.com/2016/11/07/1913-great-lakes-storm/

“Black Sunday” UsGenNet Great Lakes Maritime History. April 17 2016. http://www.us-data.org/mi/glm/storm/1913/nov-9.html

Shaw, Melissa. “White Hurricane tore through the Great Lakes sinking 19 ships” CollingwoodToday.ca, November 10, 2018. https://www.collingwoodtoday.ca/remember-this/remember-this-white-hurricane-tore-through-the-great-lakes-sinking-19-ships-1117708