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Taming the Kootenay
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The Ryckman house at the West Creston ferry, 1948. There were 24 feet of water at the ferry.
145 of 213 		Margaret Berg and her daughter Marion, bringing a snack out to the men combining on the flats.
146 of 213 		George Ramseier operating a 1941 Massey-Harris self-propelled combine, on his farm on Nick's Island.
147 of 213 		Archie Beatty (on tractor) and Ernie Geneau (on combine), combining wheat on George Ramseier's farm.
148 of 213 		Clipping from the Vancouver Sun, June 1948, showing the flood waters on the Creston flats.
149 of 213 		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.
151 of 213 		Flood waters across the width of the Creston Valley.
152 of 213 		Once the dykes broke, the entire Creston Valley was underwater.
153 of 213 		Looking north across the flats covered with flood water.
154 of 213 		Sandbags being used to build up the top of the dyke.
155 of 213 		A dyke showing tire tracks, made when a vehicle started sinking into the mud.
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Floodwaters rising along the dykes.
157 of 213 		Looking west across the flooded flats from Wynndel.
158 of 213 		Troughs inserted into holes in the dykes to funnel water out of the dykes.
159 of 213 		Art Winters pulling a wheelbarrow.
160 of 213 		1941 Massey Harris combine arriving at the Creston Museum.
161 of 213 		Pump installations on Reclamation Dyking District.
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