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Taming the Kootenay
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Filling sandbags that were used to brace the dykes and stop them from cracking.
109 of 213 		Men working to clean up the flats and prevent any further flooding.
110 of 213 		Sandbagging and reinforcing the dykes to stop the flooding.
111 of 213 		Another view of the sandbagging efforts.
112 of 213 		Sandbagging on the Creston flats.
113 of 213 		A wall of sandbags on the flats below Wynndel.
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Sandbags being stacked in wooden frames along the inside of the dykes.
115 of 213 		Men being fed sandwiches and coffee by local women's organizations after working on the flats.
116 of 213 		Serving food to the men on the flats.
117 of 213 		Taking a lunchbreak while working on the flats to prevent the flooding.
118 of 213 		Bob Maxwell's boat, used as transportation on the flats during floods.
119 of 213 		Flood waters creep across R.B. Staples' row crops.
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People kept their machinery on top of the dykes or on higher ground during the floods.
121 of 213 		R.B. Staples being stopped by a policeman.
122 of 213 		Police refusing vehicles access to the lower roads after the dykes broke.
123 of 213 		Map of Duck Lake Dyking District.
124 of 213 		An aerial view of Duck Lake, looking south.
125 of 213 		The Creston Review reported on the plans to dyke Duck Lake.
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