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The waters behind the dam rose 380 feet (120 m), flooding more than 21,000 acres (85 km 2) of prime bottomland along the river where native peoples lived, as well as the original town of Kettle Falls. [3] [5] In June 1940, an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 people mourned the falls at a "Ceremony of Tears" organized by the Colvilles and attended by ...
Columbia River Collection, originally released as the Columbia River Ballads, is a compilation album of songs folksinger Woody Guthrie wrote during his visit to the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington in 1941.
The Kettle Falls Historic District encompasses a remote pocket of early-20th-century industrial and commercial activity deep in the Boundary Waters, in what is now Voyageurs National Park in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Kettle Falls is the outlet from Namakan Lake into Rainy Lake on the Canada–United States border.
Brad Panovich, chief meterologist for WCNC Charlotte, said on X Saturday afternoon Mountain Island Lake, sitting around 107 feet at noon, approached record water levels set by the historic 1940 flood.
The original Kettle Falls was officially incorporated on December 17, 1891, on the bank of the Columbia. [4] Before it was flooded by the Grand Coulee Dam in 1940, city planners relocated the town at a community called Meyers Falls, near the railroad lines, helping to ensure its success as a trans-shipment point for the logging, agriculture, and paper industries. [5]
1940s floods in the United States (2 P) Pages in category "1940s floods in North America" This category contains only the following page. ... Fraser River flood of 1948
Flooding from Hurricane Helene caused the Nolichucky Dam near Greeneville, Tennessee, to withstand nearly twice the water flow of the iconic Niagara Falls, ...
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