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Taming the Kootenay
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Men working to clean up the flats and prevent any further flooding.
91 of 175 		Sandbagging and reinforcing the dykes to stop the flooding.
92 of 175 		Another view of the sandbagging efforts.
93 of 175 		Sandbagging on the Creston flats.
94 of 175 		A wall of sandbags on the flats below Wynndel.
95 of 175 		Sandbags being stacked in wooden frames along the inside of the dykes.
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Men being fed sandwiches and coffee by local women's organizations after working on the flats.
97 of 175 		Serving food to the men on the flats.
98 of 175 		Bob Maxwell's boat, used as transportation on the flats during floods.
99 of 175 		Flood waters creep across R.B. Staples' row crops.
100 of 175 		People kept their machinery on top of the dykes or on higher ground during the floods.
101 of 175 		An aerial view of Duck Lake, looking south.
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Dyking projects went past 1935.
103 of 175 		Widening of the Duck Lake outlet.
104 of 175 		High water threatened to breach the dykes in 1961; pictured here is District 10 in Idaho.
105 of 175 		Showing the Arrowsmith property at the bottom of Archibald Hill.
106 of 175 		Clarence Olson farm, Creston.
107 of 175 		High water of the Kootenay River caused the dykes to slough away in some areas.
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