Name/Title

Fire in the Valley

Entry/Object ID

2022.04.01

Tags

Sudbury, Ontario, Local History, Valley East, Ontario

Scope and Content

Book describing the history of Fire No. 11 which began on May 5th, 1956 in Valley East.

Context

The book describes how it was one of the most famous forest fires, which almost destroyed Sudbury. The fire covered 12,000 acres of land and it became one of the fastest traveling fires in history. The book explains both the source of the fire as well as all of the efforts contributed to extinguish it.

Collection

Sudbury History, Valley East History

Cataloged By

Matthew Gill

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Jack Hambleton

Date(s) of Creation

1960

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Fire in the Valley

Description

The book describes how it was one of the most famous forest fires, which occurred on May 5th, 1956 in Valley East Ontario, the extent of which almost destroyed Sudbury.

Creator

Jack Hambleton

Date(s) of Creation

1960

Subjects

History, Fire, Fire departments, Fire fighting, Forest fires

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Town

Valley East, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

95

Dimensions

Width

5-3/4 in

Length

8-3/4 in

Location

Location

Shelf

Sudbury History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

January 4, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Fair

Condition Detail

Tear, Crackle / Craquelure

Date Examined

Jan 4, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, plastic, binding

Notes

The damage is on the dust cover

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Sudbury History

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

Valley East History

Place

Town

Valley East, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by Matthew Gill in 2015, re-cataloged by Kat Bezaire on January 4th, 2022

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

January 4, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

January 5, 2022