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59695 A1890 McTavish Collection     A Long Line Of Men Sandbagging At The Bottom Of A Wooden Train Trestle. A Train Is On The Railway Tracks As The Men Haul Sandbags And Pile Them Higher On The Dike To Keep Back The Flood Waters During The Winnipeg, Mb, 1950 Flood. Photo Courtesy Of The Mackie Family  CoachesDikesFloodsRailwaysWater 1950
30026 A1001 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Aerial View Of Emerson And Surrounding Area, Showing Dikes Holding Back Flood Waters  DikesFloodsTowns 1950, May 7
1343 A0045 Archives of Manitoba     Aerial View Of Mcgillivray Dike During Winnipeg Flood  DikesFloods 1950, May
59691 A1890 McTavish Collection     All Saints' Anglican Church, At Nw Corner Of Broadway And Osborne Street, With Flood Waters Covering Lower Windows And Halfway Up The Door. Note The Sandbags Cutting Off The Street. Cars And Trucks Seen On The Opposite Side Of The Sandbags. Photo Courtesy Of The Mackie Family  AutomobilesChurchesDikesFloodsTrucksWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets 1950
30003 A1001 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Boy Scouts Filling Sandbags And Building A Dike In A Residential Area Of Winnipeg  Boy ScoutsDikesFloods 1950, April 22
30002 A1001 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Boys At Sandbag Dike On North Side Of Kingston Row Before Flood Waters Hit  DikesFloodsWinnipeg Streets 1950, April 22
15300 A0477 Manitoba Telephone System Collection     Building A Dike Around Mts Exchange In Emerson, Mb  BuildingsCommunicationsDikesFloodsTelephonesTowns 1966
21608 A0712 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Building A Dike During The Flood  DikesFloods 1966, March 27
36345 A1214 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Building A Sandbag Dike On Scotia Street In Anticipation Of Flood Waters. Photo By Jack Ablett  DikesFloodsWinnipeg Streets 1966, March 19
30053 A1002 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Building Dikes Around The Winnipeg Municipal Hospital  DikesFloodsHospitalsWinnipeg Buildings 1950, May 4
1408 A0047 Archives of Manitoba     Building Dikes On Winnipeg Streets During Flood.,  DikesFloodsWinnipeg Streets 1950, May
15236 A0475 Manitoba Telephone System Collection     Building Of Dike At St. Boniface General Hospital During Flood.  DikesFloodsHospitalsWinnipeg Buildings 1950
30461 A1016 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Building Sandbag Dike On Lyndale Drive In Winnipeg, Mb  DikesFloodsWinnipeg Streets 1966, March 26
25254 A0845 Winnipeg Tribune Collection     Bulldozer From The R.M. Of St. Clements Works On Dike Construction Near East Selkirk  ConstructionDikesFloodsRiversTowns 1966, April 8
30036 A1001 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Bulldozer Working By Searchlight On Earthen Dike Construction At Night  ConstructionDikesFloodsMachinery 1950, May 15
30081 A1003 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Cars Parked Along Top Of Snow-Covered Earthen Dike, A Reminder Of The Spring Flood  DikesFloods 1950, December 5
70927 A2350 Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)     City of Winnipeg engineering crawler tractor pushes soil up against sandbag dike in Winnipeg neighborhood while a truck dumps sand onto the road for waiting men to fill in sandbags, during Winnipeg Flood of 1950. (4x5 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.  DikesEquipmentFloodsHousesTractorsTrucks 1950
58456 A1789 City of Winnipeg Hydro Collection     Cleaning The Trash Racks At Pointe Du Bois, Mb, Power Dam.  DamsDikesEquipmentHydroMachinery 1957
24510 A0820 Winnipeg Tribune Collection     Close-up aerial view of the Lyndale Dike in Norwood.  DikesFloodsWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets 1950, May
1346 A0045 Archives of Manitoba     Corner Of Portage And Main With Sandbags Along Street During Winnipeg Flood  DikesFloodsWinnipeg Streets 1950, May
24515 A0820 Winnipeg Tribune Collection     Delegation from Portage la Prairie protesting the construction of the Red River Floodway at the Manitoba Legislative Building.  DikesFloodsFloodwayProtests 1964, February
15274 A0477 Manitoba Telephone System Collection     Dike Built At Approach To Norwood Bridge, Which Spans The Red River, During The 1950 Winnipeg Flood  BridgesDikesFloods 1950
33169 A1107 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Dike Construction In Carman, Mb, During Spring Flooding  ConstructionDikesFloodsTowns 1979, April 22
45277 A1497 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Collection     Dike In Rural Manitoba During The Flood Of 1966  DikesFloods 1966
45278 A1497 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Collection     Dike In Rural Manitoba During The Flood Of 1966  DikesFloods 1966
6440 A0202 Oblate Fathers' Collection     Dike Surrounding Flooded Homes In Winnipeg, Mb  DikesFloods 1950
30031 A1001 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Dike Workers And Equipment On Norwood Bridge, Showing Trapped Debris And Water Level Reaching Nearly To Underside Of Bridge In Winnipeg, Mb  BridgesDikesFloodsLabour 1950, May 11
36071 A1204 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Dikes Along Highway 4 Near Gladstone, Manitoba Holding Back Water From The Whitemud River  DikesFloodsRiversTowns 1967, April 18
6438 A0202 Oblate Fathers' Collection     Dikes On Bank Of Flooded Red River  DikesFloods 1950
6439 A0202 Oblate Fathers' Collection     Dikes On Bank Of Flooded Red River  DikesFloods 1950
25278 A0845 Winnipeg Tribune Collection     Emerson, Mb, Teenagers Making Their Way Down A Sandbagged Sidewalk On A Flooded Street  ChildrenDikesFloodsTowns 1965, April 25
24506 A0820 Winnipeg Tribune Collection     Exhausted dike worker resting on sandbags, the Red River behind him.  DikesFloodsLabourRivers 1950, May 25
35234 A1176 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Family Sandbagging Home In Carman, Mb. Photo By Dave Johnson  BuildingsDikesFiresHousesTowns 1970, April 29
15279 A0477 Manitoba Telephone System Collection     Flood At Mts Building, St. Jean, Mb. Dike Is Built Around Building  BuildingsCommunicationsDikesFloodsTelephonesTowns 1966, April
30013 A1001 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Flood Workers Diking At The Rover Street Power Station  DikesFloodsHydroLabourPowerhousesStationsTrucksWinnipeg Buildings 1950, May 11
72407 A2441 Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)     Flooded Street With A Security Storage Moving Truck Being Loaded With Household Furniture And Goods By A Young Boy And Woman From A Pile Outside The House. Another Girl Stands In Front Of Gold'S Grocery Store Which Has Sandbags In Front Of It. On The Outside Of The Store Is A Large Orange Crush Sign. Photo By And Courtesy Of Hugh Allan  DikesFloodsFurnitureHousesStoresTrucksWinnipeg BuildingsWomen 1950
60848 A1936 Manitoba Cooperater Collection   Floodwaters breaking against a dike, St. Jean, Manitoba.    AgricultureDikesEnvironmentFloods 1966
33178 A1107 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     House In Winnipeg , Mb, On Turnbull Drive Protected By Sandbag Dike From Surrounding Water  DikesFloodsHousesWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets 1979, April 26
72408 A2441 Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)     Houses And Yards Along Bredin Drive In East Kildonan Flooded In 1950 By The Red River In Winnipeg, Mb. The Houses Are Large Expensive Houses. The House In The Background Has A Truck In The Backyard With Men Around It. A Woman Is Standing On A Bank Of Sandbags Watching The Men Working Around The Truck. All The Yards And Houses Are Surrounded By Sandbags But The Water Is Still Filling The Yards. Photo By And Courtesy Of Hugh Allan  DikesFloodsHousesTreesTrucksWinnipeg StreetsWomen 1950
30093 A1003 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Human Assembly Line Working On Sandbag Dike In Front Of Manitoba Telephone System Building In St. Adolphe, Mb  BuildingsDikesFloodsTowns 1979, April 26
59701 A1890 McTavish Collection     Large Mud Dike In Front Of Houses In Norwood Area Of Winnipeg, Mb, During The 1950 Flood. Pile Of Sandbags On One Side Of The Road Where Two Men Are Walking. A Tractor And Men On The Top Of The Mud Dike. Photo Courtesy Of The Mackie Family  DikesFloodsHousesTractorsWinnipeg Streets 1950
70852 A2341 Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)     Large water pump from PFRA sits beside sandbag dike in front of homes in a Winnipeg neighbourhood while neighbours work on dikes. (4x5 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.  DikesEquipmentFloodsHousesMachinery 1950
70919 A2348 Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)     Lombard Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba, sandbagged from flooding of the Red River in 1950. Sandbagged dike crosses road at the Hunter's Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Building, (Makers of hot chocolate, potato chips, and marmalade. Other buildings seen including the Crane Building at 93 Lombard Street, and automobiles. (4x5 Neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.  AutomobilesDikesFloodsFoodWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets  
1304 A0044 Archives of Manitoba     Lyndale Avenue Dike, Norwood, Built To Protect Homes During Flood. Constant Watch Was Kept Along Seven Miles Of This Dike Looking For Weak Spots Which Showed Up As Boggy Mire Behind The Dikes  DikesFloodsHousesWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets 1950, May
31401 A1047 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Lyndale Drive And Retaining Wall  DikesWinnipeg Streets 1977, April
30086 A1003 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Man Sitting On Dike Surrounding Farm Near St. Adolphe, Mb, Surveying Flood Waters  AgricultureDikesFloodsTowns 1979, April 26
30029 A1001 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Map Showing Flooded Areas And Major Dikes Of Central Winnipeg  DikesFloodsMaps 1950, May 21
1368 A0045 Archives of Manitoba     Mcgillivray Dike During Flood.,  DikesFloodsWinnipeg Streets 1950, May
9786 A0306 Ken Davey Collection     Members Of Canadian Army Seen Building Dikes During Winnipeg Flood  ConstructionDikesFloodsMilitary 1950
50061 A1502 Winnipeg Tribune Collection     Men & Machinery Working To Strengthen Dikes At Norwood Bridge, Winnipeg, Mb, During Flood  BridgesDikesFloodsTrucks 1950, May
70923 A2349 Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)     Men and boys fishing between a sandbag dike and the flooding river in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Large houses seen in the background. (4x5 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.  ChildrenDikesFishingFloodsHousesSports 1950
14819 A0461 Radio Station C.J.O.B. Collection     Men Building Dikes During Flood In Winnipeg  BoatsDikesFloods 1950
43624 A1440 Canadian National Railway Collection     Men Building Sandbag Dike Along Cn Rail Line In Southern Manitoba  DikesFloodsRivers 1966
70926 A2350 Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)     Men filling sandbags to construct a dike around a house on Boyle Street during the 1950 Flood in Winnipeg. Large tractor driven pump in background. (4x5 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.  DikesEquipmentFloodsHousesMachineryWinnipeg Streets 1950
9800 A0307 Ken Davey Collection     Men Inspecting Dikes During Winnipeg Flood  DikesFloods 1950
9801 A0307 Ken Davey Collection     Men Inspecting Dikes During Winnipeg Flood  DikesFloods 1950
15301 A0477 Manitoba Telephone System Collection     Moving Intake & Outake Hose Of 30,000 Gallon Pumping Unit At Emerson, Mb  BuildingsDikesFloods 1965
15299 A0477 Manitoba Telephone System Collection     Mts Building Exchange Protected By Sandbags During Flood  DikesFloodsTelephonesWinnipeg Buildings 1950
15164 A0473 Manitoba Telephone System Collection     Mts Office In Morris, Mb., During A Flood, With A Dike Around The Building.  BuildingsCommunicationsDikesFloodsTelephonesTowns 1965
15165 A0473 Manitoba Telephone System Collection     Mts Office In Morris, Mb., During A Flood, With A Dike Around The Building.  BuildingsCommunicationsDikesFloodsTelephonesTowns 1966
59699 A1890 McTavish Collection     Mud, Sandbags, Equipment And Men At Scene Of The St. Boniface Dike During The Winnipeg, Mb, Flood Of 1950. Buildings And Houses Seen In The Background. Photo Courtesy Of The Mackie Family  BusesDikesFloodsHousesWinnipeg Buildings 1950
30014 A1001 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Overview Of Sandbag Dike Construction At The Mill Street Power Station, Corner Of Mill Street And Lombard Avenue  ConstructionDikesEquipmentFloodsHydroLabourPowerhousesStationsWinnipeg Streets 1950, April 22
32369 A1080 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Premier Duff Roblin As A Scout Leader Checking The Depth Of Floodwaters From A Sandbag Dike. The Motto, Be Prepared, Refers To The Construction Of The Red River Floodway. Cartoon By Peter Kuch  CartoonsConstructionDikesFloodwayJournalismPersonalitiesPolitics 1965, April 20
38129 A1273 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent With Manitoba Premier D. L. Campbell And Flood Official Inspect The Red River Flood From Atop The St. Boniface General Hospital Dike  DikesFloodsPersonalitiesPoliticsWinnipeg Buildings 1950, May
34732 A1159 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Reinforced Earth Dike At Gretna, Manitoba, Blocking Rail Crossing  DikesFloodsRailwaysTowns 1974, April
30462 A1016 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Repairing A Broken Sandbag Dike Near St. Jean, Mb  DikesFloods 1966, April 17
58452 A1789 City of Winnipeg Hydro Collection     Sandbag Dike Built To Provide Flood Protection On Mill Street In Winnipeg, Mb  DikesFloodsHydroWinnipeg Streets 1956
58453 A1789 City of Winnipeg Hydro Collection     Sandbag Dike Built To Provide Flood Protection On Mill Street In Winnipeg, Mb  DikesFloodsHydroWinnipeg Streets 1956
58454 A1789 City of Winnipeg Hydro Collection     Sandbag Dike Built To Provide Flood Protection On Mill Street In Winnipeg, Mb  DikesFloodsHydroWinnipeg Streets 1956
1329 A0044 Archives of Manitoba     Sandbag Dikes Along River Banks In Winnipeg During 1950 Flood  DikesFloods 1950, May
6460 A0203 Oblate Fathers' Collection     Sandbag Dikes At Cnr Station In Winnipeg, During Flood  DikesFloodsRailwaysStationsWinnipeg Buildings 1950
36348 A1214 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Sandbag Reinforcing Walls On The Norwood Bridge To Hold Back The Rising Waters Of The Red River In Winnipeg Mb. Photo By Gerry Cairns  BridgesDikesFloodsRivers 1966, April 2
1324 A0044 Archives of Manitoba     Sandbags Along Each Side Of Railway Track South Of Winnipeg During Flood  DikesFloodsRailways 1950, May
36346 A1214 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     School Children Constructing Sandbag Dikes On Lyndale Drive In Winnipeg, Mb  ChildrenConstructionDikesFloodsWinnipeg Streets 1966, April 1
15263 A0476 Manitoba Telephone System Collection     Soldier Standing On Sandbag Dike Built Along Elmwood Cemetery During Winnipeg’S 1950 Flood, Observing Headstones Flooded With Water  CemeteriesDikesFloods 1950
30090 A1003 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Soldiers Repairing Sandbag Dikes Near St. Jean, Mb  DikesFloodsMilitaryTowns 1979, April 28
30004 A1001 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Soldiers Sandbagging On Dikes On Kingston Row  DikesFloodsMilitaryWinnipeg Streets 1950, May 2
11672 A0362 Miscellaneous Collection     St. Boniface Basilica Along Red River, During Winnipeg Flood, Surrounded By Sandbag Dike  ChurchesDikesFloodsRiversWinnipeg Buildings 1950, May
71460 A2401 Miscellaneous Collection     Tache Nursing Home (Old Folks Home) With A Sandbag Dike Keeping Out The 1950 Flood Waters In St. Boniface, Mb  DikesFloodsNursingResidencesWaterWinnipeg Buildings 1950
16385 A0513 Winnipeg Archives     Temporary Railway Dike At Mile 64  AqueductsConstructionDikesRailways 1915, May 26
15217 A0475 Manitoba Telephone System Collection     The Lyndale Dike, Winnipeg, Mb, During Flood  DikesFloodsWinnipeg Buildings 1950
30066 A1002 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Two Boys With Sandbags, Ankle-Deep In Mud, At Site Of East Kildonan Diking In Winnipeg, Mb  ChildrenDikesFloods 1950, May 10
30065 A1002 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Two Soldiers Inspecting Changes In Water Levels At Lyndale Dike  DikesFloodsMilitary 1950, May 26
43603 A1439 Canadian National Railway Collection     View Of Cn East Yards With Dike Along Rail Line Trestle  DikesFloodsRailwaysWinnipeg Buildings 1950
15225 A0475 Manitoba Telephone System Collection     View Of Dike Built Along Railway Track During Flood.,  DikesFloodsRailways 1950
15239 A0476 Manitoba Telephone System Collection     View Of Dike On Lyndale Drive During Flood.,  DikesFloodsWinnipeg Streets 1950
15262 A0476 Manitoba Telephone System Collection     View Of Dike Protecting Homes During Flood On Glenwood Crescent, Winnipeg.,  DikesFloodsHousesWinnipeg Buildings 1950
9802 A0307 Ken Davey Collection     View Of Dike Protecting Winnipeg Homes During Flood  DikesFloodsHousesWinnipeg Buildings 1950
9803 A0307 Ken Davey Collection     View Of Dike Protecting Winnipeg Homes During Flood  DikesFloodsHousesWinnipeg Buildings 1950
9804 A0307 Ken Davey Collection     View Of Dike Protecting Winnipeg Homes During Flood  DikesFloodsHousesWinnipeg Buildings 1950
15258 A0476 Manitoba Telephone System Collection     View Of Men Guarding Sandbagged Dike In Front Of Rover Street Power Station (Winnipeg Electric Terminal), Winnipeg, During The 1950 Flood  BoatsDikesFloodsLabourPowerhousesWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets 1950
43597 A1439 Canadian National Railway Collection     View Of Sandbag Dike Along The Cn'S Rail (Bridge) Trestle On The Red River  BridgesDikesFloodsRailwaysWinnipeg Streets 1950
43600 A1439 Canadian National Railway Collection     View Of Sandbag Dikes In Winnipeg, Mb, At The Underpass Of Main Street Leading Under The Cn'S Rail Lines And Freight Sheds  DikesFloodsFreightingRailwaysWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets 1950
9808 A0307 Ken Davey Collection     View Of Volunteers From Army, Building Dike In Front Of A Building During Flood  DikesFloodsMilitaryWinnipeg Buildings 1950
9809 A0307 Ken Davey Collection     View Of Volunteers Including Canadian Soldiers Building Dikes During Flood.  DikesFloodsWinnipeg Streets 1950
70846 A2340 Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)     View of West End Power Station building showing a series of pipes carrying water out of the building into flooded street in front, while workers are walking on dike in front of building and across boards to and from the building. (4x5 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.  DikesFloodsLabourPowerplantsStationsWinnipeg Buildings 1950, May 11
9824 A0307 Ken Davey Collection     Volunteers At Work On Dike During Winnipeg Flood.  DikesFloodsWinnipeg Streets 1950
9822 A0307 Ken Davey Collection     Volunteers Building Dike During Flood  ConstructionDikesFloods 1950
9823 A0307 Ken Davey Collection     Volunteers With Trucks & Machinery Building Dikes To Avert Flooding In Winnipeg  DikesFloodsMachineryTrucks 1950
25252 A0844 Winnipeg Tribune Collection     Winnipeggers Building Sandbag Dike Along Scotia Street As The Red River Rises  DikesFloodsRiversWinnipeg Streets 1966, April 6
43602 A1439 Canadian National Railway Collection     Winnipeggers Building Sandbag Dike Along The Red River  DikesFloodsRivers 1950
30206 A1007 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Woman Watering Tulips Planted On Earth Dike Along A Winnipeg Street  DikesFloodsFloraWomen 1966, April 1
35232 A1176 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Women Sandbagging At Gladstone, Mb. Photo By Gerry Cairns  DikesFloodsTownsWomen 1970, April 27
30015 A1001 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Workers Constructing A Sandbag Dike At The Mill Street Power Station, Corner Of Mill Street And Lombard Avenue In Winnipeg, Mb. Sign On Building Reads “Chocolate, Potato Chips”  AutomobilesConstructionDikesFloodsHydroLabourPowerhousesWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets 1950, April 23
30006 A1001 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Workers Reinforcing Dikes Around Houses In Flooded Area Of East Kildonan In Winnipeg  DikesFloodsHousesLabour 1950, May 9
30465 A1016 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Workers Sandbagging Portage Avenue At Sturgeon Creek In An Attempt To Hold Back Flood Waters  DikesFloodsLabourWinnipeg Streets 1974, April 22
34735 A1159 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Workmen Preparing Sandbags At Gladstone, Mb. Photo By Dave Bonner  DikesFloodsTowns 1974, April 18
43607 A1439 Canadian National Railway Collection     Workmen Working On Dikes Around The Cn'S Powerhouse, In The East Yards Alongside The Red River  DikesFloodsRail YardsRailwaysRiversWinnipeg Buildings 1950
36350 A1214 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Young Boy Helping To Fill Sandbags For Dike Building. Photo By Jack Ablett  ChildrenDikesFloods 1966, April 10