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Taming the Kootenay
Location: Reclamation Farm, near Creston, BC

 
Flood waters at Reclamation Farmhouse, built on the Creston flats in 1895.
1 of 19 		Constructing the dyke at Reclamation Farm
2 of 19 		Guy Constable on a farm on the flats with his Model A.
3 of 19 		The Reclamation farmhouse during the 1920 flood. The Rogers family moved into this house in 1929.
4 of 19 		Reclamation farmhouse during the 1923 flood.
5 of 19 		Tot Rogers' house during a flood on the Creston flats.
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Flood waters overflow the banks of the river in 1938.
7 of 19 		Pump installations on Reclamation Dyking District.
8 of 19 		1941 Northwestern dragline
9 of 19 		Rip wrap along the Kootenay River dykes.
10 of 19 		Englishman's Dyke
11 of 19 		Creston Valley Wildlife Area dyke at Dale Marsh
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Pump, located alongside Boundary Dyke.
13 of 19 		Rocky promontory in the Reclamation Dyking District.
14 of 19 		A new pump recently installed at the north end of the Reclamation Dyking District.
15 of 19 		Pumphouse at the north end of Reclamation Dyking District
16 of 19 		International TD 35 caterpillar tractor, circa 1935.
17 of 19 		Early combine, harvesting crops on the Creston flats.
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