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Manitoba Flood Update – June 23
Reid Dickie “Time to start building an ark,” said the elderly man ahead of me at the Hort’s this morning. Surveying the current situation, he may be right. Deluges of rain in the Souris River watershed over the weekend have … Continue reading
Filed under Flood, Natural Places, Saskatchewan
Manitoba Flood Update June 18 – Driving Tour #2
Reid Dickie Last Thursday I drove a 650 km loop around Manitoba that began on the TCH, then Hwy #16 then Hwy #5 into Dauphin. The Whitemud River has subsided but there are miles and miles of fields still completely … Continue reading
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Manitoba Flood Update – June 15
Reid Dickie “It’s a sad situation up here,” said Dave Shott, who has been farming around Arborg for 22 years. “We have nothing. The atmosphere out here is total despair.” The despair this farmer feels is shared by thousands of … Continue reading
Filed under Flood, Images, Local History, Prairie People
Twin Lakes Beach Flood – Before and After #2
BEFORE Looking north along Twin Lakes Beach, picture was taken October 30, 2010 AFTER The same stretch of lakeshore as it looked on May 19, 2011 See the first Twin Lakes Beach Flood Before and After photos. See more pictures on Twin … Continue reading
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Manitoba Flood Update June 11 – My Driving Tour
Reid Dickie Last Thursday I took a drive into rural Manitoba, destination Dauphin, to check out the aftermath of the torrential rains we received at the beginning of the week. There’s still water everywhere! I travelled out the Trans Canada … Continue reading
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Flooding in Souris
Reid Dickie As I was browsing pictures of the Manitoba flood, I came across this shot of a house in Souris surrounded by a tube dike against the Souris River. The house looked familiar. It is one of three nearly … Continue reading
Filed under Flood, Heritage Buildings
Manitoba Flood Update – June 6
Reid Dickie While we rest safe and easy here in Winnipeg – the Red River Floodway now unnecessary and closed – over 2400 Manitobans are still evacuated from their homes by inundations from Lake Manitoba, Dauphin Lake, Lake St. Martin, Assiniboine River and … Continue reading
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