2023.009.016 See the hi road, – from the low road? (In ’69 the water will rise 40′.) July-’68.

Accession Num: 2023.009.016

Negative Code: R29-16

Extent:

Document Date: 1968-07- - --

Donors: Diane Rabchak and Trail Museum & Archives

Creators: Albert Elwin Anderson

Keywords: 1960s, Arrow Lakes flooding (Columbia River Treaty), Highway 6, and road construction

Locations: Burton and Fauquier

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

Notes:
Construction of the new alignment (top) of Highway 6 as seen from the original highway between Fauquier and Burton, July 1968. The highway was rebuilt on highway ground cleared in advance of flooding to be created by the Hugh Keenleyside Dam. Photo by Albert Elwin Anderson, Trail.

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