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Taming the Kootenay

 
Early combine, harvesting crops on the Creston flats.
199 of 217 		Combining on the Christenson brothers' farm.
200 of 217 		Building dyke on Creston Dyking District.
201 of 217 		Curly Pridmore operating a dragline at the Goat River diversion.
202 of 217 		Building dykes on the Creston Dyking District.
203 of 217 		Building dykes at Duck Lake.
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Scraper working on the Duck Lake dykes.
205 of 217 		Dragline working at Duck Lake.
206 of 217 		New dyke at the Wildlife Centre Nesting Area
207 of 217 		Looking north during flood time
208 of 217 		South dyke at Leach Lake, during flood.
209 of 217 		Grazing land on Nick's Island.
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Flooding Kootenay River at the north end of Duck Lake.
211 of 217 		Combining on R.B. Staples' farm.
212 of 217 		Newspaper article announcing plans to seed wheat on Reclamation Farm.
213 of 217 		A dyke on Duck Lake
214 of 217 		Low water on the Kootenay River.
215 of 217 		The dyke at Wynndel; the grain elevator and Wigen's mill are visible in the background.
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