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Taming the Kootenay
Location: Creston Valley, BC

 
A line of men working passing sandbags quickly to stop seepage.
37 of 94 		Men working to strengthen the dykes and sandbag against the rising water.
38 of 94 		Pounding planks vertically into the ground to deflect the river's water away from the dykes.
39 of 94 		Sandbags and wood structures brace the dykes against breaking.
40 of 94 		Women serving sandwiches and coffee to the men that were working on the dykes during the 1948 flood.
41 of 94 		Planks placed on the river side of the dykes to minimize wind and wave erosion.
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Sandbag wall reinforcing the dyke.
43 of 94 		Burton Bishop and John Verkirk, among others, helping in the sandbagging efforts.
44 of 94 		After the flood of 1938 plans were underway to rebuild the damaged dykes and homes.
45 of 94 		Men working to strengthen the dykes.
46 of 94 		Work being done to rebuild and clean up the land after flooding.
47 of 94 		Bracing the dykes on the Kootenay flats.
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A view of the Creston Flats in 1947.
49 of 94 		The start of the breach in the dykes, June 8, 1948.
50 of 94 		Flood waters at the West Creston ferry landing.
51 of 94 		The break in the dyke at the Goat River diversion.
52 of 94 		Filling sandbags on the Creston flats.
53 of 94 		The dykes collapse as the flood waters recede.
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