On July 1, 1958 the St Lawrence Seaway project flooded out 6,500 people and inundated their 7 communities, some over 200 years old. For 50 years the murky water hid their roads, foundations, bridges & much more.
With water clarified by the zebra mussel the communities have reappeared.
The first formal exhibition of the Sunken Villages series runs April 29 - May 28, 2011 at Canvas Gallery, 665 & 950 Dupont St, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Sunken Villages St Lawrence River
Downtown Aultsville N 44.57.15 W 75.01.42 Aultsville Ontario Canada
Sunken Villages, the exhibition now has its own website.
next event:
Mar 24, 2012: OPG Visitors Centre, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. "Sunken Villages, Canada's Atlantis," lecture and presentation of Louis Helbig's aerial photographs of the lost villages. Saturday, March 24, 2012 2-4pm