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Taming the Kootenay
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Sandbags and wood structures brace the dykes against breaking.
19 of 106 		Women serving sandwiches and coffee to the men that were working on the dykes during the 1948 flood.
20 of 106 		Planks placed on the river side of the dykes to minimize wind and wave erosion.
21 of 106 		Sandbag wall reinforcing the dyke.
22 of 106 		Burton Bishop and John Verkirk, among others, helping in the sandbagging efforts.
23 of 106 		Men working to strengthen the dykes.
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Work being done to rebuild and clean up the land after flooding.
25 of 106 		Bracing the dykes on the Kootenay flats.
26 of 106 		Bob Comfort's cattle swimming in flood waters.
27 of 106 		A view of the Creston Flats in 1947.
28 of 106 		Flooded farms and homes south of Creston.
29 of 106 		Flood waters at the West Creston ferry landing.
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Looking north from Boundary Dyke across the Piper Farm.
31 of 106 		Road to Creston from West Creston near the West Creston ferry.
32 of 106 		Filling sandbags on the Creston flats.
33 of 106 		Building the forms for the sandbag walls.
34 of 106 		Men passing sandbags to thestack on the right, along the inner side of the dykes.
35 of 106 		Placing sandbags along the dykes.
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