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Taming the Kootenay
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Digging drainage ditches on the flats to help keep the farmlands dry.
37 of 213 		Creston Flats before dyking.
38 of 213 		Creston Flats, the winter before they would be successfully dyked and used as farmland.
39 of 213 		The 'S' bridge over the Goat River to West Creston.
40 of 213 		Aerial view of the Creston Flats showing the blocks of farmland.
41 of 213 		Goat River diversion into the Kootenay River.
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Machinery used to divert the Goat River into the Kootenay River.
43 of 213 		Working on diverting the Goat River into the Kootenay River.
44 of 213 		Diversion of the Goat River.
45 of 213 		Digging the diversion channel that would allow the Goat River to flow into the Kootenay.
46 of 213 		Goat River diversion channel.
47 of 213 		Looking north towards Duck Lake
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Surveyors building dykes on the flats.
49 of 213 		The Klockman house during the dyking project.
50 of 213 		Men dyking the Kootenay River.
51 of 213 		Dredge used for building dykes along the Kootenay River.
52 of 213 		Dredges were used to construct dykes on the Kootenay Flats.
53 of 213 		Huge scrapers working on the dyking of the flats.
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