Location
Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
Start Date
17-7-1902 5:30 PM
Document Type
Report (PDF/Word)
F-Scale Rating
F4
Classification
Confirmed
Description
Known as “The Chesterville Tornado”; large, destructive violent tornado. Touched down in Marionville at the Russell/Stormont County Line and tracked for almost 35km ESE/SE through the then eastern Stormont and western Dundas Counties, eventually lifting off east of Osnabruck Centre. Damage path nearly 2km in width east of Chesterville, making the tornado one of the widest recorded in Canadian History.
“Its approach was heralded by a buzzing sound, and those who felt the wind say that it was as a blast from a volcano.”
F4 July 17, 1902 _The Chesterville F4 Tornado_ Maps.pdf (1988 kB)
F4 July 17, 1902 _The Chesterville F4 Tornado_ Map.jpg (1897 kB)
F4 July 17, 1902 Chesterville New track map.png (453 kB)
AOT file.pdf (11309 kB)
The Chesterville Record pages for July 17, 1902 Chesterville Tornado.pdf (24203 kB)
The Brockville Weekly Recorder July 25, 1902.pdf (1592 kB)
The Chesterville Record July 24, 1902.pdf (2174 kB)
The Cornwall Standard July 25, 1902.pdf (1681 kB)
The Glengarry News Friday August 8, 1902 Page 6.pdf (466 kB)
The Globe July 18, 1902.pdf (3839 kB)
The Globe July 19, 1902.pdf (1144 kB)
The Globe July 21, 1902.pdf (1315 kB)
The Globe July 23, 1902.pdf (1140 kB)
The Globe August 2, 1902.pdf (3859 kB)
The Kemptville Telegram, July 24, 1902.pdf (614 kB)
The Ottawa Evening Journal July 19, 1902.pdf (1712 kB)
The Ottawa Evening Journal July 23, 1902.pdf (1763 kB)
Eastern Ontario Review - Vankleek Hill, July 25, 1902 (Fournier News).pdf (253 kB)
The Chesterville Record July 17, 1902 morning Kingston storm.pdf (13 kB)
The Chesterville Record July 31, 1902 pt1.pdf (1131 kB)
The Cornwall Standard July 18, 1902.pdf (129 kB)
The Daily Examiner, Peterborough July 18, 1902 p1.pdf (674 kB)
The Daily Examiner, Peterborough July 19, 1902 p1.pdf (455 kB)
The Daily Examiner, Peterborough July 23, 1902 p1.pdf (794 kB)
The Kemptville Telegram, July 31, 1902.pdf (305 kB)
The Mail and Empire, Friday July 18, 1902.pdf (3002 kB)
The Merrickville Star, July 31, 1902.pdf (148 kB)
The Ottawa Evening Journal July 18, 1902.pdf (255 kB)
The Ottawa Evening Journal July 21, 1902.pdf (851 kB)
The Renfrew Mercury July 25, 1902 p1.pdf (843 kB)
The Toronto World, Friday July 18, 1902.pdf (4064 kB)
The Weekly Advance Kemptville July 24, 1902.pdf (143 kB)
Marionville to Osnabruck Centre (The Chesterville Tornado)
Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
Known as “The Chesterville Tornado”; large, destructive violent tornado. Touched down in Marionville at the Russell/Stormont County Line and tracked for almost 35km ESE/SE through the then eastern Stormont and western Dundas Counties, eventually lifting off east of Osnabruck Centre. Damage path nearly 2km in width east of Chesterville, making the tornado one of the widest recorded in Canadian History.
“Its approach was heralded by a buzzing sound, and those who felt the wind say that it was as a blast from a volcano.”