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Taming the Kootenay
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Constructing the dyke at Reclamation Farm
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Digging drainage ditches on the flats to help keep the farmlands dry.
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Machinery used to divert the Goat River into the Kootenay River.
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Working on diverting the Goat River into the Kootenay River.
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Diversion of the Goat River.
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Digging the diversion channel that would allow the Goat River to flow into the Kootenay.
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Goat River diversion channel.
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Men dyking the Kootenay River.
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Dredge used for building dykes along the Kootenay River.
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Dredges were used to construct dykes on the Kootenay Flats.
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Huge scrapers working on the dyking of the flats.
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After the completion of the major portion of the dyking project in October of 1935.
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Dyking projects went past 1935.
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Widening of the Duck Lake outlet.
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Work trestle for the Libby Dam.
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The Libby Dam that would save all the farmlands from flooding and regulate water levels.
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Harry Ostendorf and Bill Vigne loading logs on Harry's logging truck.
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