Creston and District Historical and Museum Society
Creston, British Columbia
Gallery Thumbnail Gallery Stories Contact Us Search
 

Taming the Kootenay
Images:

 
Showing the flood plains of the Purcell trench.
1 of 35 		The shore of Kootenay Lake, showing the high water mark of 1894.
2 of 35 		Bridge built by the Alberta and British Columbia Exploration Company.
3 of 35 		Flooding and natural growth that was common on the flats.
4 of 35 		Flooding of the flats due to the high water of the Kootenay River.
5 of 35 		Aerial view of the Creston Valley, looking north from below the international border.
6 of 35
Guy Constable
7 of 35 		Kootenay River at Bonner's Ferry.
8 of 35 		Dredge in Porthill working on dyking the river.
9 of 35 		Photo taken near Kootenay Valley road looking onto the flats before dyking.
10 of 35 		Creston Flats, the winter before they would be successfully dyked and used as farmland.
11 of 35 		The 'S' bridge over the Goat River to West Creston.
12 of 35
View of the Creston Flats flooded in the spring of 1938.
13 of 35 		Flood waters overflow the banks of the river in 1938.
14 of 35 		Road looking out over Creston flats of beginnings of flood.
15 of 35 		Flood waters destroyed crops and damaged homes on the flats.
16 of 35 		The Goat River channel flooding, 1938
17 of 35 		The start of the breach in the dykes, June 8, 1948.
18 of 35

Page: 1 2

Important Notices  
© 2024 All Rights Reserved