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Taming the Kootenay
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Road to Creston from West Creston near the West Creston ferry.
37 of 55 		The dykes collapse as the flood waters recede.
38 of 55 		Bob Maxwell's boat, used as transportation on the flats during floods.
39 of 55 		People kept their machinery on top of the dykes or on higher ground during the floods.
40 of 55 		Dyking projects went past 1935.
41 of 55 		View of the Kootenay Flats after the Libby Dam was put into place.
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Newspaper clippings from the Nelson Miner, detailing the flood of 1894.
43 of 55 		Dragline brought in to work on the Creston Valley dykes.
44 of 55 		Harry Ostendorf and Bill Vigne loading logs on Harry's logging truck.
45 of 55 		Boundary Dyke showing the rising creek and the seepage behind the dyke.
46 of 55 		Once the dykes broke, the entire Creston Valley was underwater.
47 of 55 		William Adolph Baillie Grohman's disputes with government
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Baillie Grohman obtains approval for the canal
49 of 55 		Bill Constable explains BaillieGrohman's scheme to divert the Kootenay River at Canal Flats.
50 of 55 		Looking west from Creston
51 of 55 		Building dykes on the Creston Dyking District.
52 of 55 		Newspaper article announcing plans to seed wheat on Reclamation Farm.
53 of 55 		The dyke at Wynndel; the grain elevator and Wigen's mill are visible in the background.
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