The Etobicoke River: The last straw (part 5)

Things were as bad as ever in 1946. A flood of the Etobicoke River cause $4.6 million in damages (adjusted to 2006), yet another man dead, and Downtown Brampton under six feet of water. To add a modern perspective to the situation, downtown New Orleans was under eight feet with Hurricane Katrina. It was clear the enclosed tunnel running under the downtown just couldn’t take such brute force. The newly founded Conservation Authority had already drafted a report that was sent into action, under the guidance of Mayor John S. Beck, during his sixth and final year in elected office.