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Taming the Kootenay
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Dragline brought in to work on the Creston Valley dykes.
19 of 45 		Margaret Berg and her daughter Marion, bringing a snack out to the men combining on the flats.
20 of 45 		George Ramseier operating a 1941 Massey-Harris self-propelled combine, on his farm on Nick's Island.
21 of 45 		Archie Beatty (on tractor) and Ernie Geneau (on combine), combining wheat on George Ramseier's farm.
22 of 45 		Clipping from the Vancouver Sun, June 1948, showing the flood waters on the Creston flats.
23 of 45 		Boundary Dyke showing the rising creek and the seepage behind the dyke.
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Stacking sandbags in an effort to reinforce the dykes.
25 of 45 		Sandbags being used to build up the top of the dyke.
26 of 45 		A dyke showing tire tracks, made when a vehicle started sinking into the mud.
27 of 45 		Floodwaters rising along the dykes.
28 of 45 		Troughs inserted into holes in the dykes to funnel water out of the dykes.
29 of 45 		Art Winters pulling a wheelbarrow.
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Pump installations on Reclamation Dyking District.
31 of 45 		The old Lewis Island ferry landing
32 of 45 		Remains of a dragline on a Creston Dyking District dyke.
33 of 45 		Looking north along the Creston Dyking District dyke.
34 of 45 		Wynndel pumping installations
35 of 45 		Looking east over Boundary Dyke
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