The town that was burned for science

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Thanks to Betty from Articulations! Go see her video on the ISO Standard Exit Sign here: • A Brief History of the... - and pull down this description for links to all her sources.
The St Lawrence Burns were a series of deliberate fires in the soon-to-be-demolished village of Aultsville, Ontario, which was due to be flooded to make way for the St Lawrence Seaway. The results changed the way buildings are constructed around the world, and saved lives.
SOURCES:
Setting Fires for Science (1958): • "Setting Fires For Sci...
Background for the Spatial Separation and Exposure Protection Requirements of the National Building Code of Canada (1985):
nparc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/view/...
The St. Lawrence burns (June 1960):
nparc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/view/...
St Lawrence Burns - Radiant Temperature of Openings by D. G. Stephenson (December 1959)
web.mit.edu/parmstr/Public/NRC...
Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin)
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@ARTiculations 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for having me on Tom! I’m glad we didn’t get attacked by the Canada geese and didn’t fall into the river despite your narrow encounter with the slippery river bank! 😂

@MisterAppleEsq 6 жыл бұрын

And know I want to see a Park Bench about said encounter. You were great in the video!

@willemvandebeek 6 жыл бұрын

Nice! I hope you get a lot of subscribers; you definitely deserve more! :)

@notaplic8158 6 жыл бұрын

ARTiculations ooh science

@ottarkraemer9001 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Both you and Tom did a great job with this one!

@anarchyantz1564 6 жыл бұрын

Damn! That would have made for a highly entertaining blooper video. Which knowing Tom and now yourselves could have then been turned into a scientific and Artistic presentation. Missed opportunity there! :)

@MrBananaSpleef 6 жыл бұрын

"Remember kids the only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down"

@masonsteele2512 4 жыл бұрын

Me: so does that mean I can send a nuke to White House for science if I write it down The US government: no Me: but what about science

@weebs4907 4 жыл бұрын

@@masonsteele2512 you could if you have the nuke tbh .... im actually really want to know the result

@16ats 4 жыл бұрын

Adam Savage in mythbusters

@blerst7066 4 жыл бұрын

I'd rather describe science as "organized" screwing around, considering the fact that experiments are planned very carefully.

@sherwing9054 4 жыл бұрын

No Johnny, no

@DasIllu 6 жыл бұрын

And this is how SimCity was played back in the days.

@NanakiPL 6 жыл бұрын

DasIllu Yeah. No BS online-only DRM.

@ianb9729 4 жыл бұрын

No monster? No chopper reporting heavy traffic? Not even so much as a good, honest Llamadome? This version was the pits.

@kerbo2383 4 жыл бұрын

alternative joke: simcity was made in 1989. people in 1988:

@Dr.Death8520 4 жыл бұрын

Real country roads moment huh?

@safe-keeper1042 3 жыл бұрын

@@ianb9729 Oh my god, I forgot about the monster.

@stocktonjoans 6 жыл бұрын

if I was told "hey, you know we have to destroy your home, well now we're going to do it in a way that will help save lives in the future" i'd be a lot happier about it

@seanweaver8625 3 жыл бұрын

At the Time they didn't necessarily know that it would save lives

@adamrezabek9469 3 жыл бұрын

American nowdays have very different relationship to homes then Europeans. Here, we don't move that often and it's not exceptional to own house where your family lived for many generations. If you have house like this, it must be wary sad to have it burned. Flooding is bad too, but still, this is insult to injury

@DimT670 Жыл бұрын

@@adamrezabek9469 is it tho? I mean in the end of the day the house is destroyed

@circuit10 Жыл бұрын

@@adamrezabek9469 Is "here" America or Europe?

@adamrezabek9469 Жыл бұрын

@@circuit10 Oh, sorry for being unclear. Here is (central) Europe

@AceAttorny 6 жыл бұрын

Hey, look at it from the bright side. At least these Aultsville homes got a viking funeral.

@wolfendenracing2826 4 жыл бұрын

AceAttorny and a Jedi funeral

@Brunosky_Inc 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, if someone put it that way it could probably help allievate the gut punch some. "The house I was forced out of is gonna go down like a viking warrior! *FOR SCIENCE!"*

@jenkinsfamily2229 3 жыл бұрын

**cue How To Train Your Dragon bagpipe music**

@johnadler6987 Жыл бұрын

@@jenkinsfamily2229 Lmao I was just thinking this.

@NateandNoahTryLife 6 жыл бұрын

Canadian Government: “Yeah we’re going to need you to move out. Oh and by the way we’re burning your home. For science!”

@sedawk 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like something Cave Johnston would say!

@kildevang98 6 жыл бұрын

No wonder the residents didn't like it. But worth it though.

@SolarWebsite 6 жыл бұрын

I'm sure they asked them in very polite way ;-)

@koohikoo 6 жыл бұрын

honestly the Canadian government has a bad history of moving people when they don't want to

@NateandNoahTryLife 6 жыл бұрын

koohikoo we can’t forget the American government as well.

@jeremyzorek 6 жыл бұрын

I've always been fascinated by these kinds of destructive tests on large scales. Something like the plane that was purposefully crashed into a desert and the train crashed into a wall to test the sturdiness of nuclear waste containers have always been things I've thought would be awesome to actually see in person. Great video, Tom!

@thenecromorpher 6 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Zorek There's also the giant underwater tub that was used to submerge a plane's cabin and repeatedly pressurized at the equivalent pressure experienced at cruising altitude in the 50's/60's to see stress test why similar planes were simply dropping out of the sky seemingly at without cause.

@jeremyzorek 6 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I forgot about that one - they used it to figure out what was causing the midair disintegration of the Comet jetliners.

@petlahk4119 6 жыл бұрын

For anyone who wants to know what the culprit was. The issue was the square windows. Square windows lead to higher stress concentrations around the corners when the plane pressurizes and depressurizes. After that all high-altitude planes/jets - particularly those with pressurized cabins - have round windows.

@Apostate_ofmind 6 жыл бұрын

so thats how they found out!

@Teverell 6 жыл бұрын

It was a totally ingenious way of doing it, too!

@tristancrumpler400 6 жыл бұрын

Seeing those roads under the water.... that's fascinating, but chilling.

@5roundsrapid263 6 жыл бұрын

I live near a reservoir, with flooded roads just like this. When the water is low, they’re visible. In one drought, they were totally dry!

@abeedhal6519 6 жыл бұрын

The netherlands in 20 years.

@windhelmguard5295 6 жыл бұрын

there is an artificial lake near where i live and my grandpa told me that, when the water was low, you could actually swim out and stand on top of the church tower in the village that was flooded, but by now it has probably collapsed.

@tonigym3061 5 жыл бұрын

In Spain there are dozens of villages under the water in reservoirs. When the water level drops you can see the church's bell tower under the water, or sometimes even poking out.

@GhalkeLawl 4 жыл бұрын

@@abeedhal6519 neejoh we bouwen gewoon een dam der bij :)

@Henchman1977 6 жыл бұрын

The summer camp I would go to as a child not far from Aultsville, used part of of the now submerged highway through the area as a ramp to enable disabled people to swim in the St-Lawrence with the aid of special wheelchairs.

@dollgen 6 жыл бұрын

Huh, that's cool. When was that?

@jamieyakimets839 6 жыл бұрын

Ian Colquhoun I've never heard of aquatic wheelchairs before, that's interesting

@LillaVya 4 жыл бұрын

Damn this is genius

@SeanHodgins 6 жыл бұрын

I just spent a good amount of time navigating google maps along the St. Lawrence finding a ton of roads that are now underwater. I never knew about this. I love that you're exploring the areas around me. I may actually venture out to a few of these!

@raven4k998 Жыл бұрын

imagine being told we are going to burn your town down for science🤣🤣🤣

@TracyLalonde 6 жыл бұрын

I LIVE IN THIS AREA AND I MISSED YOU, TOM. Anyway, these fires are not something that's spoken a lot about when we learn our local history, so thank you for shedding some light on that. (Some of the homes/buildings were moved east and are now part of a museum exhibit about The Lost Villages - others were moved entirely to create new communities along the river.) I hope you had an opportunity to explore the Long Sault Parkway, which was created after the flooding of the area. There are spots where you can actually walk on old roads that go into the river.

@5roundsrapid263 6 жыл бұрын

TracyLalonde I live near a place like that. Barriers had to be put up to keep people from driving into the water. One road was even a boat ramp!

@OwlRTA Жыл бұрын

it certainly shed lots of light

@crazykaspmovies 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, I love this, that is how you should do research : "I wonder how fire spreads and burns through a town?" "...Let's set a town on fire and find out"

@theuncalledfor 4 жыл бұрын

"I heard they're flooding this town, Aultsville. Residents are already moving out. Wanna see if we can get the government to let us burn it down before it gets flooded?"

@veramae4098 Жыл бұрын

Figuring things out on paper is one thing. Actually doing it is something else. As Galileo showed us at the Tower of Pisa.

@Elliottblancher Жыл бұрын

This was traumatic for kids that lived there

@littlecreeper8543 Жыл бұрын

@@Elliottblancher it was but when this happened residents were already kicked out and the homes were going to get destroyed, the scientists in this case were just trying to get something out of it, it became a question of can we get research because the question of can we save the homes was already long since decided as a no

@Elliottblancher Жыл бұрын

@@littlecreeper8543 i was told by my father that kids were still in the school there while they were torching the houses

@zeromailss 6 жыл бұрын

*FOR SCIENCE!*

@MsZsc 6 жыл бұрын

_you monster._

@qwertyTRiG 6 жыл бұрын

にゃあエイリアンMeowAlien Sufficiently analysed magic is indistinguishable from science.

@teipeu9033 6 жыл бұрын

にゃあエイリアンMeowAlien skee-ince

@legume7469 6 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this

@AndyBruinewoud 6 жыл бұрын

It's too bad Tom wasn't in the area a couple of years ago when they replaced the North Channel Bridge at the Seaway International Crossing in Cornwall. The old bridge spanned one mile (1600 metres), and was replace with a bridge that now spansa third of that (about 550 m). The original bridge was built high in anticipation of the massive ship traffic that was expected with the Seaway's completion, but it never materialized and ships use the Eisenhower lock on the U.S. side instead.

@Elliottblancher Жыл бұрын

I remember walking on the north span for the very last time before it was demolished

@Wild-Dad 4 жыл бұрын

An aside note - the tourist spot called Upper Canada Village is almost made up entirely of homes that were moved out of the "to be flooded lands" and relocated to that spot near Morrisburg, Ontario. They survived as they had been recognized as having historical significance and thus the concept of "Upper Canada Village" was born.

@neurotransmissions 6 жыл бұрын

So awesome to see Betty on here! Her channel is awesome. Out of curiosity, did scientists also use the opportunity to study home flooding? Seems like it would make sense, but maybe they already had the data they needed for that. Great video!

@ARTiculations 6 жыл бұрын

Good question! I've been reading a lot of NRC reports surrounding this and I haven't come across any flooding related studies. But I think the burns project was like a last minute thought somebody had before the whole place was flooded, so it was probably the only scientific study of this sort that was conducted there.

@SoliKareien 6 жыл бұрын

These are the videos I love seeing on your channel. Not only teaching something I might not have known, but also showing me a channel I might not have known (or found otherwise). Thanks for expanding the KZfaq community for the better for everyone!

@thestudentofficial5483 6 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Canada secretly trains an army of Sasquatch.

@blackoak4978 6 жыл бұрын

How'd you find out?!?? I'm mean, no we're not!

@common_c3nts 6 жыл бұрын

samsqatch

@casualprince8779 4 жыл бұрын

Common_C3nts what did you just call me

@jco_sfm 4 жыл бұрын

Tough talk for a country that doesn't exist

@AgentTasmania 3 жыл бұрын

Joint Task Force 3

@sinom 6 жыл бұрын

Oh canada~♪ Drove them out of their town~♪ Then burned it down~♪ And later flooded it~♪

@blackoak4978 6 жыл бұрын

Sinom "their" is a superfluous syllable

@sinom 6 жыл бұрын

Ken Oakleaf but I thought the second line had 6 syllables?

@javiercs006 6 жыл бұрын

It insults them, so never speak of it At least not to their face It is still a sore sport for some of them Cause their school got burned down God help you all, in Ottawa Just 'cause it's for science, doesn't help one bit Just 'cause it's for science, doesn't help one bit!

@rollin340 Жыл бұрын

I love how Tom always urges to check out any guests he has, but never does for his own. He does that through his work.

@sircrossleg 6 жыл бұрын

dude, you are INCREDIBLY underrated! ive been bingewatching your videos for the last two weeks or so, and you're honestly really good. i hope you'll go big!

@Justanormalishguy 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, my city actually has a theatre called the Aultsville; the amount of places that needed to be displaced for this was insane. Hell, at my old summer camp, there's an island nearby that used to be the old highway 2. You can see some houses they displaced at a place called the lost villages near Long Sault, really recommend.

@AndyBruinewoud 6 жыл бұрын

It wasn't just the lost villages like Aultsville that got flooded, the entire site of the War of 1812's Battle of Crysler Farm is now underwater.

@Elliottblancher Жыл бұрын

Most of it was flooded

@erkkasipila 6 жыл бұрын

The effort you put into all of your videos is awesome!

@induceddemand 6 жыл бұрын

I love how you can see the routes of old roads in the river, including old Highway 2. I've been by this site a few times and didn't know it existed until recently. Great video on a fascinating topic.

@ThyBluebell 4 жыл бұрын

I live along the seaway, and despite the museums I’ve visited, I’ve never heard this about the lost villages. Top notch video!

@UltimatePwnageNL 6 жыл бұрын

Great to hear that you're not constantly out of breath anymore!

@SpadeMonroe 6 жыл бұрын

Tom Scott is living my dream. Traveling to a bunch of quirky, interesting places, and learning some incredible things.

@JoshuaHillerup 6 жыл бұрын

There are a *lot* of examples of whole communities being removed through eminent domain. This is no where near as bad as what happened in Lebreton in Ottawa, or even the neighborhood removed for the Pickering airport that never happened.

@JoshuaHillerup 6 жыл бұрын

Nillie you misunderstood me. Both Pickering and Lebreton were worse than in the video. But Lebreton was worse, bulldozing a working class comminity to create an empty field, which later became a site for music festivals, and more recently they've build up high priced condos.

@qwertyTRiG 6 жыл бұрын

Joshua Hillerup Or, indeed, the village of Inver, which Tom has also discussed.

@Tehom1 6 жыл бұрын

Check out New London vs Kelo. Famous US Supreme Court case. They eminent-domained - not a whole community, but a neighborhood - to make way for pharmaceutical company Pfizer to build on it. Took a wrecking ball to the US Constitution to make it possible, too. After all of that, Pfizer changed their mind. There is one building they built on the corner of Chelsea St and Smith St, though. That's all.

@Tehom1 6 жыл бұрын

John Doe In New London's case, that was the whole issue. The US Constitution says in so many words that you can't do that - "may not be taken except for public purpose". SCOTUS decided that that doesn't mean what it says.

@blackoak4978 6 жыл бұрын

Tehom fun fact: Canada is not the US, has it's own Constitution and Charter of Rights and freedoms. Please don't talk about US Supreme Court cases as if Canada were just an American State

@floydian06 6 жыл бұрын

Tom, next time you visit the US, come to Massachusetts and visit the Quabbin Reservoir. It's a similar story - 4 villages in the Swift River Valley forcibly vacated and unincorporated. The valley was then flooded to create the reservoir.

@martelkapo Жыл бұрын

The Quabbin Reservoir is such a cool spot! I also remember visiting a nearby body of water with a similar story-Colebrook River Lake in Colebrook, CT, right on the border of Tolland, MA. The village of Colebrook River was mostly demolished for and drowned by the construction of a dam on the Farmington River in the 1950s. However, when the lake is dry due to drought, an old iron bridge that used to carry traffic on Route 8 (as well as a few building foundations) is clearly visible and even passable for foot traffic. Really interesting stuff.

@veramae4098 Жыл бұрын

The Ludington State Park has a cemetery, cared for by park officials. It's all that's left of the village that was drowned when a dam was built for the lumber industry. (That was long before the area became a state park.)

@aidanwansbrough7495 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video as always - really enjoyed!

@yungb626 6 жыл бұрын

Such a great place. My family has lived in aultsville for hundreds on years. Last name “ault” they did save the church and school and other buildings that you can still visit today!

@McRocket 6 жыл бұрын

Jeez, Tom did it again. I am Canadian and I knew about the 'Lost Villages' of the St. Lawrence. But I had no idea whatsoever about these 'burns'. Impressive.

@CDArena 6 жыл бұрын

This reminded me of the creation of Sacandaga Reservoir. I learned to scuba dive there, and there are streambeds, foundations, a few brick houses, roadways, train tracks, and even a locomotive underwater there. (The railroad company protested the creation of the reservoir and thought they could stop the planned flooding if they left a locomotive in the valley) Apparently they burned the towns as the water rose - but not for science. There is a lot of history to be told about the lake.

@sjain8853 6 жыл бұрын

very interesting, especially the last fact. what a great use of the to-be destroyed houses. Thank you for the video

@Teflora 6 жыл бұрын

wow, really nice recordings! That was really cool, I bet there are alot of mysteries around this town

@AKindOfDog 4 ай бұрын

Part of my village was flooded permanently as part of the damn that had been made. The waterfront now is the last visible section of the old railway that used to be there. You can still find things like old car parts, when the lake is super low

@XoXmonkiesXoX 6 жыл бұрын

Wow. I live in Ottawa and haven’t ever heard of this. So intriguing!!!

@citiesskyscrapers4561 6 жыл бұрын

Great video as always!

@00Linares00 6 жыл бұрын

Great video, and thanks for introducing me to ARTiculations. Watched 4 videos and subbed :)

@Derpy1969 4 жыл бұрын

I was not aware of this. Thank you.

@RC-bb3mk 6 жыл бұрын

Hope you're enjoying Canada! Just bumped into you in downtown Vancouver today!

@stevebrodie7777 4 жыл бұрын

In Queensland Australia most of the new housing development around Brisbane you can step from one house roof to another. So much for our building codes.

@marks6928 3 жыл бұрын

This is super interesting. Thank you!

@oirtaM 6 жыл бұрын

This channel is great!

@AbbeyB77 6 жыл бұрын

The most fascinating bit for me is that after the people were moved out of the towns, leaving behind some stuff they didn't want or weren't going to miss, people went back in violation of the orders to stay out to take the things people left behind. My great grandmother was given a porcelain wash bowl and pitcher set as a gift from the pillaged remains and they're still in our family cottage. Many others in the area also have pieces, so it's not an uncommon occurrence for families to have a piece of this history taken from the deserted homes of the families forced out

@SparkyCas Жыл бұрын

Housing in north america is certainly a trip, huh?

@stevethepocket Жыл бұрын

People realizing they've accumulated stuff they don't want anymore and using a move as an excuse to get rid of it-and people taking advantage of that-both tales as old as time, I imagine.

@Phenixio96 6 жыл бұрын

Great job, Tom. Keep it up!

@ashley-owo 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Tom, love your videos! I have a suggestion for a future "Amazing Places." Did you know that there are tourism companies that will take you into the "Joint Security Area" between North and South Korea? That would make an extremely interesting episode.

@ottarkraemer9001 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent episode!!

@medleyshift1325 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Tom, I've got friends diving in Lisbon town campground this Wednesday, and thanks for giving me another place to take the Clarkson SCUBA club Aultsville seems like a cool place to explore.

@jkonings 5 жыл бұрын

I live next to a river and the same thing happened here, when the water is low you can go out and find bricks and steel plates, etc.

@CoffeewithCrew 5 жыл бұрын

Something like this happened near me in Yorkshire, full village drowned to make a reservoir and you can sometimes see the churches spire when there is a low water level

@kairon156 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. I knew that the great lakes were connected by canalls but I never knew the extent people went through to make them connect to the ocean.

@loginnamejon 6 жыл бұрын

This is really cool. I like your videos because there are factual and interesting.

@Mountain4 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the Quabbin, right next to where I live. Four towns flooded for the reservoir. There are roads that disappear right into the water.

@bostonsportsfan5079 2 жыл бұрын

As a resident of Massachusetts, I too was reminded of the Quabbin when seeing this. I've never actually been to the reservoir itself but I have seen it from a distance on my way to and from Amherst.

@jeremyowen1 5 жыл бұрын

Born and raised in Ontario and I had no idea that even happened. People always want to travel abroad, without realizing there's so much history right next door.

@jingusbrule797 Жыл бұрын

"It's funny, you live in the universe, but you never do these things until someone visits!" -Zoidberg

@giraffewithtattoos2770 6 жыл бұрын

In Tennessee, the TVA was formed to bring electricity to the more rural areas so they flooded thousands of acres of land, including some entire towns to make reservoirs for hydroelectric dams. In the winter when the lake levels are dropped, some of these lakes in east tn still have roads and even bridges still visible. It wierd to be driving over a bridge and looking down onto a concrete silo that once was in a farm but now is more 300 feet from shore.

@Wonkyth 6 жыл бұрын

I love how well you balance the human element with the real, actionable outcomes that have improved life.

@HippoDrones 6 жыл бұрын

this was really interesting, and also kinda sad. Ty for sharing! :-)

@Neosid996 6 жыл бұрын

Their is another village in the UK called Derwent that was flooded to create the Ladybower Reservoir in Derbyshire.

@LordSmuggington 4 ай бұрын

I've seen this video floating around for years, but never would've thought I'd see Tom Scott standing maybe 15 feet from somewhere I've fished, hiked and metal detected... This much attention being drawn to the Lost Villages is crazy as a local.

@purplefire2834 3 жыл бұрын

My area's water reservoir has a cluster of houses at the bottom that you can still see when it gets super low

@dragoncrackers7660 4 жыл бұрын

Tones of people have had to relocate because of dams, roads and even redevelopment. And also fire departments often burn condemned buildings for training, but they do get permission. Fire science is so necessary and we are still learning so even though it was sad to see their old homes burned down, Im glad they were used for something good. Most of the time they are simply bulldozed and forgotten.

@chrisofnottingham 6 жыл бұрын

Surprisingly moving

@taragwendolyn 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting scuba site, too. One of my favourite places to dive. (at least, of the ones that're near my home)

@admiraladama5877 6 жыл бұрын

Good catch at the end

@LukeBeks 6 жыл бұрын

I'm only writing this, because I know Tom is a perfectionist and will be annoyed by this: What's with the picture quality (not the b-roll)? The colours are a bit grainy.

@markcarey8426 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid. I like the way you keep them short. Some people would still be doing their "Crash! Bang! Shazam! What you gonno see next" intro by the time yours has finished.

@fovlsbane 6 жыл бұрын

Thats truly saddening.

@Gilbey95 6 жыл бұрын

Tom, you should do a few videos in Australia! Plenty of interesting places and things people may not know about! Snowy hydro, Ned Kelly, the to scale length of the solar system, some really cool stuff!

@Sillimant_ 6 жыл бұрын

I honestly don’t understand why people dislike these types of videos, it’s information and -let’s be real- none of us would have looked this up unless Tom brought it to our attention

@CattoRayTube 6 жыл бұрын

Ooh, Betty's channel looks interesting!

@987946216430 6 жыл бұрын

very cool Tom, I'm learning some things about my own country :)

@zfuzehazard4019 6 жыл бұрын

Great video Thomas! :)

@Wild-Dad 4 жыл бұрын

Finally, I found one of you videos that dealt with a Canadian subject!!

@powerland2000 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting video today , thanks ~

@dennislacroix5478 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine that, someone from another country knows more about where I live than I do. This is only 45 minutes away.

@sphinxrising1129 2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the tale of the Tennessee Valley Project, where people was forced to move so a reservoir could be formed.

@nafitron Жыл бұрын

Well done in portraying thanks for a loss like this.

@EweChewBrrr01 6 жыл бұрын

Every time I see the word Aultsville for a brief second my brain tells me the word is Adultsville. Every ... single ... time.

@kevinbooth- 6 жыл бұрын

Hmmm. that could be an interesting town...

@icreatedanaccountforthis1852 4 жыл бұрын

I had never heard about this before.

@graydonbaylis7155 6 жыл бұрын

The water level is controlled by several dams along the St. Lawrence River between Montreal and Lake Ontario. Currently, the water level is high, not only because of recent rainfall, but because a tanker ship has run aground in Morrisburg, Ontario (which is about 10min drive west of Aultsville/Ault Island). They raised the water to try and free the ship, however, they needed to take more measures to finally the ship unstuck. Small town rumors were mixed in with the actual info, but it seems the ship is finally free after a week or so of trying. Just a little tidbit.

@phillipstafford2410 3 жыл бұрын

Everytime I see this I like to thing Tom has visited my small Canadian city at some point since it's so historic, and this area is so close

@capitalistgeneral 6 жыл бұрын

An interesting aspect of the construction of the seaway in this area was that they didn't just burn structures, they moved them as well. A number of buildings from this area can be seen in Ault Park, and a few more inside Upper Canada Village, including the famous battle site of Chryslers Farm from the war of 1812. They didn't have only the land of the living to work with though, they also moved a number of the grave sites from the lost villages and amalgamated them into the St Lawrence Valley Cemetery. Its a very strange place where you can walk past gravestones honoring those who died sometimes hundreds of years before the cemetery was formed.

@Elliottblancher Жыл бұрын

I wished they moved all of the towns instead of flooding them. I would have loved to see old Morrisburg in person

@trueartvandal 6 жыл бұрын

Nice ISO, Tom.

@drg8687 3 жыл бұрын

Oh no. I just came across your channel and it's almost 1am and I just want to go to bed.

@raistlinmills131 2 жыл бұрын

You should make a video on Flagstaff Lake in Miane.

@ACALearn 6 жыл бұрын

Nice Video Thank u

@awesomesauce7759 4 жыл бұрын

I was one of those residents in town of got kicked out and my home that was just going to be destroyed and demolished, I think I would love for it to be able to help out other people and for Science and stuff, it would give it a happy ending

@benduthie4033 6 жыл бұрын

I love the Canada videos!

@Elliottblancher Жыл бұрын

I live in the area and I did not know that they burned down Aultsville. I'm shocked about this

@emo4eternity. 3 жыл бұрын

near where I live there is a big lake called Edersee and if thr water level is low (almost zero) then you can actually go on the ground and see the ruins of a village.

@feliox_ 6 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you in canada

@draexian530 Жыл бұрын

To have spent your days fighting fires in your hometown only to see the battle intentionally conceded would be devastating.

@janpietervisser6961 3 жыл бұрын

there is also a village in the Netherlands that has been removed but which has not been burned but simply demolished ( the village name was Oterdum)

@jimjenjazz 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating Tom. For something similar, and no less interesting, contact BRE in Watford. This used to be the Building Research Establishment before privatisation, and it still does world leading research on all things construction. It has the largest 'Burn Hall' in Europe and a giant building called the for testing large structures. There are a couple of wind tunnels and all sorts of other interesting things there including a model of the Mohne Dam made to test Barnes Wallis' calculations for the bouncing bomb. There must be at least a dozen stories you could get out of that place.

@CameraHam 5 жыл бұрын

The reservoir where my town gets it’s water is just a flooded town. Sometimes when the water is low you can see the old church steeple.

@Vengir 6 жыл бұрын

That was a great video, but I wonder what actual changes in building construction were made in new projects since then. We learned something from those experiments, but how this knowledge was applied?

@ARTiculations 6 жыл бұрын

Data from the burns was the foundation for a section called "Spatial Separations and Exposure Protection" which was introduced to the National Building Code in the 60s. It essentially regulates exterior cladding material, size of window openings and distance between buildings in order to minimize fire spread.

@alexandretempleux6912 2 жыл бұрын

that some history i dint even know my self frome my area that is awsome

@stew5506 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Tom, I don't really know how great of a video it would make, but do you think maybe you could do a video on Dauphin Island being split in half by(I think it was) Hurricane Katrina? I think it might be back in one piece now (based on an article I saw while looking it up to comment this), but it would still make a video that at least I would watch.