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Taming the Kootenay
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Filling sandbags.
55 of 175 		A line of men working passing sandbags quickly to stop seepage.
56 of 175 		Men working to strengthen the dykes and sandbag against the rising water.
57 of 175 		Pounding planks vertically into the ground to deflect the river's water away from the dykes.
58 of 175 		Sandbags and wood structures brace the dykes against breaking.
59 of 175 		Women serving sandwiches and coffee to the men that were working on the dykes during the 1948 flood.
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Planks placed on the river side of the dykes to minimize wind and wave erosion.
61 of 175 		Sandbag wall reinforcing the dyke.
62 of 175 		Burton Bishop and John Verkirk, among others, helping in the sandbagging efforts.
63 of 175 		Wynndel pumphouse underwater during the 1938 flood.
64 of 175 		Men working to strengthen the dykes.
65 of 175 		Work being done to rebuild and clean up the land after flooding.
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Bracing the dykes on the Kootenay flats.
67 of 175 		Bob Comfort's cattle swimming in flood waters.
68 of 175 		A view of the Creston Flats in 1947.
69 of 175 		The start of the breach in the dykes, June 8, 1948.
70 of 175 		Flooded farms and homes south of Creston.
71 of 175 		Flood waters at the West Creston ferry landing.
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