989.024.3 This is what amazed me most of all. The water was up to the windows.

Accession Num: 989.024.3

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Document Date: 1948-05- - 1948-06-

Donors: Ruth Woods

Keywords: 1940s, Box Mountain, Columbia River flood (1948), flood, Government wharf (Nakusp), Imperial Oil bulk plant (Hakeman), SS Minto, sternwheelers, Summit Peak, and Upper Arrow Lake

Locations: Nakusp

Physical Description:
1 b/w photograph (9.0 cm x 6.3 cm)

Notes:
James Hakeman's Imperial Oil (Esso) bulk plant surrounded by flood waters, Nakusp waterfront, Upper Arrow Lake, 1948 Columbia River flood. SS Minto docked at government wharf in background. Box Mountain at top right.