April 27 - The 2008 Fort Albany Flooding & Evacuations

On Sunday, April 27, 2008, residents of Fort Albany, a First Nations community primarily made up of women and children, were forced to flee what were now the worst floods since 1985.  Because of the rapid ice breakup on the river they now had mighty ice flows racing down stream at a force that burst through the dikes, thrusting river water up, over and on to the mainland of the reserve where the 900 residents lived.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices