Canada’s Tornado History Digitized in Online Archive Dating Back to 1700s

Canada’s Tornado History Digitized in Online Archive Dating Back to 1700s
A man looks at the damage in Très-Saint-Rédempteur, Que., on May 28, 2024, after a tornado went through the prior evening. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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A history of tornadoes that have hit Canada for more than the past 200 years is now available to the public through a digitization project.

The Michael Newark Digitized Tornado Archive includes news clippings, photographs, investigation reports, and analysis that date back to Canada’s first recorded tornado in the Niagara region in 1792.