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The Ditch: Lifeblood of a Community
Location: Oliver, British Columbia, Canada

 
Sagebrush and Greasewood cover before widespread irrigation
1 of 99 		McIntyre Bluff from south of present day Oliver
2 of 99 		Tent house and family
3 of 99 		Interview with Mrs. Elsie Boone conducted by Penny-Lynn Galbraith
4 of 99 		Tent Camp and Horses (present-day airport area)
5 of 99 		Southern Okanagan Lands Project work camp
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Digging the ditch near McIntyre Bluff
7 of 99 		Preparing to pour concrete
8 of 99 		Southern Okanagan Lands Project workers pouring cement
9 of 99 		Picture of Highway 97 south of Oliver
10 of 99 		West Lateral Flume
11 of 99 		Looking south-east over Engineer's Camp #4
12 of 99
Picture of Flume #2
13 of 99 		Picture of Flume #3
14 of 99 		Southern Okanagan Irrigation Works Engineers
15 of 99 		Workers gathered around Camp Fireside
16 of 99 		Syphon during construction
17 of 99 		Cross-Section of the Valley at the Inverse Siphon
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