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Haying with an overhead stacker
c. 1920

Credits:
Foster, S.
PP2000.5.70

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An overhead stacker being used to stack loose hay
c. 1920

Credits:
Foster, S.
PP2000.5.85

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Team of horses working in a hay field.
c. 1920

Credits:
S. Foster
PP2000.5.71

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Bucking hay on Bigelow farm, Carrot Valley.
20th Century
Carrot Valley, Manitoba

Credits:
PP93.18.309

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Early tractor, Hart-Parr 1920 model.
20th Century
The Pas, Manitoba

Credits:
PP93.18.318

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The reclamation of the Pasquia region all came to a head in 1948. A flood covered most of the agricultural area, which by this point had become well established. A break in the levee at mile 18 ½ flooded the valley overnight. As Jack Fulmore recalled, "They were going around with a barge picking up cattle and getting them to high ground. It was quite a disaster and nobody got any crop in that year." Settlers and stock had to be evacuated. The 1948 flood brought home the urgency of a reclamation project to prevent future flooding. Later that same year, the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) was contacted to undertake the project. Work began to construct a system of dams, dykes and drainage canals in order to protect the area bordered by the Saskatchewan, Carrot and Pasquia Rivers from flooding. The Pasquia Reclamation Project was finally completed in 1965 - protecting valuable farmland from seasonal flooding and allowing the Carrot Valley agricultural region to thrive.