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

Church Yard Lost Villages D1121076
Boat Wake Lost Villages D1040136
Two Buildings Lost Villages D11207858
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Bike Path Lost Villages D1121481
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Lost Villages Aultsville C2531048
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Lost Villages Santa Cruz C2530900
Church Yard Lost Villages D1121076
Boat Wake Lost Villages D1040136
Two Buildings Lost Villages D11207858
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Bike Path Lost Villages D1121481
Lost Villages Wales C2530853
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Downtown Aultsville N 44.57.15 W 75.01.42 Aultsville Ontario Canada

LOUIS HELBIG aerial art photography

Beautiful Destruction - Alberta Tar

Sunken Villages, the exhibition now has its own website.

sunkenvillages.com

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