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Bernard Turcotte

Photograph of a small boy , Bernard Turcotte in a hospital cot, sitting up and smiling for the camera at the Ottawa Civic Hospital after the Almonte Train Wreck, 1943

Source: North Lanark Regional Museum

Bernard Turcotte was just five years old when he and his family were victims in the Almonte Train Wreck. They ended up spending nearly six months recovering at the Ottawa Civic Hospital.