August 5 - Summer Tornado Chaos at Gull Lake, Manitoba

Gull Lake is a beautiful and popular, sand bottom lake that is especially jammed full of people lucky enough to book early enough in advance. It boasts a boat mooring, boats that are perfect for all water sports: sailing, boating, canoeing, and of course swimming. Gull Lake, Manitoba, is a short 45 minutes 80 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, But this twister on August 5th, wrecked those boats, uprooted trees and destroyed or severely damaged nearly all of the 23 trailers and cabins in the area. This Day in Weather History.