Upper Thames River Conservation Authority

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The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority is a body based in London, Ontario, Canada. It was responsible for producing the construction of the Fanshawe Dam, completed in the 1950's, to control flooding from the Thames River, which runs through London. The site of London was once the terminus of a large glacier, and the main drainage ditch through which flowed the runoff of the receeding glacier, became the Thames River. As such, the Thames is bassically a drainage ditch for most of Western Ontario, and is highly susceptible to seasonal flooding. In 1937, such flooding had devastating consequences, destryong over 1000 homes and causing millions of dolars in damages. It was thi flood which earned the river the odious moniker 'The Brown Sorrow'. Today, the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority is mainly a not-for-profit agency which monitors flora and fauna welfare in the area and gives tours to stupid local kids on school field trips.