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- Matheson_Fire abstract "The great Matheson Fire was a deadly forest fire that passed through the region surrounding the communities of Black River-Matheson and Iroquois Falls, Ontario, Canada, on July 29, 1916.As was common practice at the time, settlers cleared land using the slash and burn method. That summer, there was little rain and the forests and underbrush burned easily. In the days leading up to July 29, several smaller fires that had been purposely set merged into a single large firestorm. It was huge; at times its front measured 64 kilometres (40 mi) across. On that fateful day, the fire moved uncontrollably upon the towns of Porquis Junction, Iroquois Falls, Kelso, Nushka, Matheson, and Ramore - destroying them completely - while causing extensive damage to Homer and Monteith. A separate fire burned in and around Cochrane. In all, the fires burned an area of approximately 2,000 square kilometres (490,000 acres).Because of forest fire smoke that had covered the region for several weeks and the absence of a forest fire monitoring service, there was almost no warning that the conflagration was upon the communities. Some people escaped on the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway (now the Ontario Northland Railway), while others were saved by wading into the nearby Black River or one of the small lakes in the area. 223 people were killed according to the official estimate.The Matheson Fire led to the creation of the Forest Protection Branch of the Department of Lands, Forests and Mines (now known as the Ministry of Natural Resources) and the Forest Fires Prevention Act in Ontario.The great fires are the subject of the books Killer in the Bush by Michael Barnes, and Il pleuvait des oiseaux by Jocelyne Saucier.".
- Matheson_Fire wikiPageExternalLink 3259506_Great_Fire_of_1916_ENG.pdf.
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- Matheson_Fire wikiPageWikiLink Black_River-Matheson.
- Matheson_Fire wikiPageWikiLink Canada.
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- Matheson_Fire wikiPageWikiLink Cochrane,_Ontario.
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- Matheson_Fire wikiPageWikiLink Iroquois_Falls.
- Matheson_Fire wikiPageWikiLink Jocelyne_Saucier.
- Matheson_Fire wikiPageWikiLink Michael_Barnes_(Canadian_author).
- Matheson_Fire wikiPageWikiLink Minister_of_Natural_Resources_(Canada).
- Matheson_Fire wikiPageWikiLink Ontario.
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- Matheson_Fire wikiPageWikiLink Ontario_Northland_Railway.
- Matheson_Fire wikiPageWikiLink Slash-and-burn.
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- Matheson_Fire subject Category:1916_fires.
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- Matheson_Fire subject Category:Fires_in_Canada.
- Matheson_Fire subject Category:Natural_disasters_in_Ontario.
- Matheson_Fire subject Category:Wildfires_in_Canada.
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- Matheson_Fire comment "The great Matheson Fire was a deadly forest fire that passed through the region surrounding the communities of Black River-Matheson and Iroquois Falls, Ontario, Canada, on July 29, 1916.As was common practice at the time, settlers cleared land using the slash and burn method. That summer, there was little rain and the forests and underbrush burned easily. In the days leading up to July 29, several smaller fires that had been purposely set merged into a single large firestorm.".
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