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Taming the Kootenay
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Flooding of the farms in the Creston Valley.
1 of 106 		Guy Constable on a farm on the flats with his Model A.
2 of 106 		Hay crops being harvested on the Creston Flats.
3 of 106 		The Holben combine on Reclamation Farm.
4 of 106 		Creston Flats before dyking.
5 of 106 		Aerial view of the Creston Flats showing the blocks of farmland.
6 of 106
Looking north towards Duck Lake
7 of 106 		Surveyors building dykes on the flats.
8 of 106 		Flooding of agricultural land on the Creston Flats.
9 of 106 		Flooding of the farmland.
10 of 106 		Harry Christenson with one of his scrapers repairing flood damage to the dykes.
11 of 106 		Water rises along the dykes. Sandbags are being placed to strengthen the dykes.
12 of 106
Plank boadwalks enabled workers to stay above the muddy ground.
13 of 106 		Filling sandbags on the flats.
14 of 106 		Filling sandbags.
15 of 106 		A line of men working passing sandbags quickly to stop seepage.
16 of 106 		Men working to strengthen the dykes and sandbag against the rising water.
17 of 106 		Pounding planks vertically into the ground to deflect the river's water away from the dykes.
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