2022.009.3.13 Taken from new Highway 6, 1967

Accession Num: 2022.009.3.13

Negative Code: R39-69

Extent:

Document Date: 1967-- - --

Donors: Estate of Florence Adshead

Creators: Florence Adshead

Keywords: 1960s, Arrow Lakes flooding (Columbia River Treaty), Columbia River, farms, Highway 6, Joe & Florence Adshead farm (Makinson), The Narrows, utility pole, and Woden Peak

Locations: Makinson

Physical Description:
1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Notes:
Land cleared in advance of flooding to be created by the Arrow (Hugh Keenleyside) Dam alongside The Narrows (Columbia River) as seen from original alignment of Highway 6, Makinson, 1967. View is looking south toward Woden Peak and Burton. Haze in the image is from the burning of brush and debris piles associated with the clearing.

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