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'He was conversant with the physical geography of the Kootenay and the Columbia River systems. At one point the Kootenay is less than a mile away from the Columbia Lake and that is right at Canal Flat. And there was a drop of eleven feet between where the Kootenay was and the lake. He conceived the idea of diverting the Kootenay River into the Columbia at this point. His engineers and the provincial government agreed that the scheme was practical.'