It's been 70 years since the 'Great Flood of 1950' in Manitoba. The disaster still holds a prominent place in the province's history. Explore the Manitoba flood of 1950 in this interactive article.
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Thousands of women and children from Winnipeg were loaded onto trains to escape the rising waters of the great 1950 flood. For a young girl – the memories of one of Canada's largest evacuations are vivid and still linger in her mind 70 years later.
A person who lived through one of Manitoba's worst natural disasters has a message of hope for the province caught in the middle of a global pandemic -- life will return to normal, eventually.
