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Taming the Kootenay
Location: Creston Valley, BC

 
Showing the flood plains of the Purcell trench.
1 of 94 		Map showing the Creston Valley before any dykes were built.
2 of 94 		Engineers on the Alberta BC Exploration Company houseboat.
3 of 94 		Flooding and natural growth that was common on the flats.
4 of 94 		Flooding of the flats due to the high water of the Kootenay River.
5 of 94 		Flooding of the farms in the Creston Valley.
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Aerial view of the Creston Valley, looking north from below the international border.
7 of 94 		Guy Constable
8 of 94 		Hay crops being harvested on the Creston Flats.
9 of 94 		The Holben combine on Reclamation Farm.
10 of 94 		A native woman by the name of Anastasia with her canoe at the edge of the flood waters.
11 of 94 		Photo taken near Kootenay Valley road looking onto the flats before dyking.
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Digging drainage ditches on the flats to help keep the farmlands dry.
13 of 94 		Creston Flats before dyking.
14 of 94 		Creston Flats, the winter before they would be successfully dyked and used as farmland.
15 of 94 		Aerial view of the Creston Flats showing the blocks of farmland.
16 of 94 		Looking north towards Duck Lake
17 of 94 		Surveyors building dykes on the flats.
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