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Taming the Kootenay

 
Flooding of the flats due to the high water of the Kootenay River.
19 of 217 		Flooding of the farms in the Creston Valley.
20 of 217 		Aerial view of the Creston Valley, looking north from below the international border.
21 of 217 		Guy Constable
22 of 217 		Guy Constable on a farm on the flats with his Model A.
23 of 217 		The Creston Review reported on the plans to reclaim and dyke the Kootenay Flats.
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Hay crops being harvested on the Creston Flats.
25 of 217 		The Reclamation farmhouse during the 1920 flood. The Rogers family moved into this house in 1929.
26 of 217 		Reclamation farmhouse during the 1923 flood.
27 of 217 		A board and nails from the Reclamation farmhouse.
28 of 217 		Tot Rogers' house during a flood on the Creston flats.
29 of 217 		The Holben combine on Reclamation Farm.
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Kootenay River at Bonner's Ferry.
31 of 217 		Dredge in Porthill working on dyking the river.
32 of 217 		A native woman by the name of Anastasia with her canoe at the edge of the flood waters.
33 of 217 		The camp of Louie Luke on the flats near West Creston.
34 of 217 		Teepees of the Ktunaxa people located half a mile upstream of the West Creston ferry.
35 of 217 		Photo taken near Kootenay Valley road looking onto the flats before dyking.
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