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Taming the Kootenay

 
Digging drainage ditches on the flats to help keep the farmlands dry.
37 of 217 		Creston Flats before dyking.
38 of 217 		Creston Flats, the winter before they would be successfully dyked and used as farmland.
39 of 217 		The 'S' bridge over the Goat River to West Creston.
40 of 217 		Aerial view of the Creston Flats showing the blocks of farmland.
41 of 217 		Goat River diversion into the Kootenay River.
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Machinery used to divert the Goat River into the Kootenay River.
43 of 217 		Working on diverting the Goat River into the Kootenay River.
44 of 217 		Diversion of the Goat River.
45 of 217 		Digging the diversion channel that would allow the Goat River to flow into the Kootenay.
46 of 217 		Goat River diversion channel.
47 of 217 		Looking north towards Duck Lake
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Surveyors building dykes on the flats.
49 of 217 		The Klockman house during the dyking project.
50 of 217 		Men dyking the Kootenay River.
51 of 217 		Dredge used for building dykes along the Kootenay River.
52 of 217 		Dredges were used to construct dykes on the Kootenay Flats.
53 of 217 		Huge scrapers working on the dyking of the flats.
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