#Floodway hashtag - Bluesky

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[portion] Provisional Map (Winnipeg Area) Grande Pointe 62H/14A edition 1 current as of 1961. Shows area (Mink Farm) before the Red River Floodway was constructed.

[portion] Grande Pointe 62H/14A edition 3 current as of 1969. This 1:25,000 map shows the area just after the Red River Floodway was completed.

Roberts, W. E. [Sketch of Greater Winnipeg Floodway] [sketch]. Scale not given. In: Red River Basin Investigation, Water Resources Division. Report on Investigations into Measures for the Reduction of the Flood Hazard in the Greater Winnipeg Area. [Ottawa]: Dept. of Resources and Development, Engineering and Water Resources Branch, 1953. Sketches by W.E. Roberts (Includes upstream and downstream views of the control structure) https://www.flickr.com/photos/manitobamaps/2342570695

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The provisional ed. 1:25,000 map (62H/14A) published 1961 captures the area before the beginning of construction of the Floodway 1962.
The Grande Pointe 62H/14A (ed 3) shows the area in 1969 after floodway was finished in 1968.
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