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Taming the Kootenay

 
Filling sandbags that were used to brace the dykes and stop them from cracking.
109 of 217 		Men working to clean up the flats and prevent any further flooding.
110 of 217 		Sandbagging and reinforcing the dykes to stop the flooding.
111 of 217 		Another view of the sandbagging efforts.
112 of 217 		Sandbagging on the Creston flats.
113 of 217 		A wall of sandbags on the flats below Wynndel.
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Sandbags being stacked in wooden frames along the inside of the dykes.
115 of 217 		Men being fed sandwiches and coffee by local women's organizations after working on the flats.
116 of 217 		Serving food to the men on the flats.
117 of 217 		Taking a lunchbreak while working on the flats to prevent the flooding.
118 of 217 		Bob Maxwell's boat, used as transportation on the flats during floods.
119 of 217 		Flood waters creep across R.B. Staples' row crops.
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People kept their machinery on top of the dykes or on higher ground during the floods.
121 of 217 		R.B. Staples being stopped by a policeman.
122 of 217 		Police refusing vehicles access to the lower roads after the dykes broke.
123 of 217 		Map of Duck Lake Dyking District.
124 of 217 		An aerial view of Duck Lake, looking south.
125 of 217 		The Creston Review reported on the plans to dyke Duck Lake.
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