Government of New Brunswick
Moncton
Sackville
Memramcook
High tides

Affected Areas


Sources: The Sackville Post 1918/09/24. Petitcodiac River Basin: The high tide caused considerable damage along the Petitcodiac River on September 21. Dykes were broken and the marshes were inundated. Numerous houses located near the river front were flooded, forcing residents to leave their homes. Some houses were inundated to the extent that the furniture was floating inside the house. The Paul Lea Woodworking Factory, at the foot of Westmorland Street, was forced to shut down because the premises were flooded. The dry kiln, situated on the edge of the marsh, was also flooded. Memramcook River Basin: Sections of the C. G. R. railway line were submerged, but no washouts were reported to have occurred. Tantramar River Basin: Marshes were flooded on September 21 and on the 22nd, and the road near Coles Island was washed out in several places. Reports indicated that some hay and grain was destroyed, but that damages were much less than those sustained from the high tides a year earlier. There were similar reports of flooding and damage from Amherst, Nappan, Maccan and River Hebert in Nova Scotia.
An exceptional high tide.
The flooding was much less severe than that sustained a year earlier from high tides.
Petitcodiac River Basin: It was reported that several thousands of dollars in damages were sustained to lumber at the dry kiln of the Paul Lea Woodworking Factory.