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Taming the Kootenay
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Map showing the Creston Valley before any dykes were built.
1 of 17 		Clippings from the Creston Review newspaper, 1910 to 1920.
2 of 17 		Map showing some of the plans for the dyking and construction on the Kootenay Flats.
3 of 17 		The Creston Review reported on the plans to reclaim and dyke the Kootenay Flats.
4 of 17 		Goat River diversion into the Kootenay River.
5 of 17 		A map of dykes along the Kootenay River
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The Creston Review gave up to date information to the public about the details of the 1938 flood.
7 of 17 		After the flood of 1938 plans were underway to rebuild the damaged dykes and homes.
8 of 17 		Ad in the Creston Review, for women to feed and help the men who were working on the dykes.
9 of 17 		The Creston Review reported the breaks in the dykes and the flood relief efforts that were underway.
10 of 17 		Creston Review reports the results of the 1948 flood and the repair work that was going to be done.
11 of 17 		Map of Duck Lake Dyking District.
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The Creston Review reported on the plans to dyke Duck Lake.
13 of 17 		Various newspaper reports concerning progress on the Libby Dam at Libby, Montana.
14 of 17 		Newspaper clippings from the Nelson Miner, detailing the flood of 1894.
15 of 17 		Map showing the four dyking districts in the Creston Valley.
16 of 17 		Newspaper article announcing plans to seed wheat on Reclamation Farm.
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