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Taming the Kootenay
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Baillie Grohman's steamship, the S.S. Midge, which he brought from England to put on Kootenay Lake.
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Engineers on the Alberta BC Exploration Company houseboat.
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Flood waters at Reclamation Farmhouse, built on the Creston flats in 1895.
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Constructing the dyke at Reclamation Farm
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A native woman by the name of Anastasia with her canoe at the edge of the flood waters.
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Flooded farms and homes south of Creston.
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Road to Creston from West Creston near the West Creston ferry.
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Bob Maxwell's boat, used as transportation on the flats during floods.
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Clarence Olson farm, Creston.
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Remains of the Lewis Island Ferry
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The old Lewis Island ferry landing
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River markers at the old West Creston Ferry landing.
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Looking east towards Creston, from Bob Maxwell's boat.
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Loading people and supplies on Bob Maxwell's boat
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