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Taming the Kootenay
Location: Wynndel, north of Creston, BC

 
Wynndel pumphouse underwater during the 1938 flood.
1 of 9 		A wall of sandbags on the flats below Wynndel.
2 of 9 		Sandbags being stacked in wooden frames along the inside of the dykes.
3 of 9 		Looking west across the flooded flats from Wynndel.
4 of 9 		Wynndel Pumphouse
5 of 9 		Wynndel pumping installations
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Looking north from Wynndel, towards Duck lake
7 of 9 		Farms at Wynndel under water
8 of 9 		The dyke at Wynndel; the grain elevator and Wigen's mill are visible in the background.
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