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Taming the Kootenay
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Photo taken near Kootenay Valley road looking onto the flats before dyking.
19 of 55 		Working on diverting the Goat River into the Kootenay River.
20 of 55 		Looking north towards Duck Lake
21 of 55 		Dredge used for building dykes along the Kootenay River.
22 of 55 		Dredges were used to construct dykes on the Kootenay Flats.
23 of 55 		The Creston Review gave up to date information to the public about the details of the 1938 flood.
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View of the Creston Flats flooded in the spring of 1938.
25 of 55 		Flood waters overflow the banks of the river in 1938.
26 of 55 		The Goat River channel flooding, 1938
27 of 55 		Harry Christenson with one of his scrapers repairing flood damage to the dykes.
28 of 55 		Pounding planks vertically into the ground to deflect the river's water away from the dykes.
29 of 55 		Wynndel pumphouse underwater during the 1938 flood.
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After the flood of 1938 plans were underway to rebuild the damaged dykes and homes.
31 of 55 		Ad in the Creston Review, for women to feed and help the men who were working on the dykes.
32 of 55 		The start of the breach in the dykes, June 8, 1948.
33 of 55 		The break in the dyke at the Goat River diversion.
34 of 55 		The break in the Goat River diversion.
35 of 55 		Looking south down Reclamation Road in West Creston.
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