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  2. Red River Floodway - Wikipedia

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    It came close to overwhelming Winnipeg's existing flood protection system. [10] At the time, the Winnipeg Floodway was designed to protect against a flow of 60,000 cu ft/s (1,700 m 3 /s), but the 1997 flow was 63,000 cu ft/s (1,800 m 3 /s). To compensate, the province broke operational rules for the Floodway, as defined in legislation, during ...

  3. 1950 Red River flood - Wikipedia

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    This was the largest evacuation in Canadian history until the 1979 Mississauga train derailment. In Winnipeg there was one fatality; property damage was severe, with losses estimated at between $600 million [1] and more than a billion dollars. [3] The flood postponed opening day for baseball in the Mandak League due to inundation of Osborne ...

  4. Red River floods - Wikipedia

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    The Red River floods refer to the various flooding events in recent history of the Red River of the North, which forms the border between North Dakota and Minnesota and flows north, into Manitoba. Around 16% of the Red River basin , excluding the Assiniboine basin, is located in Canada; the remainder is within The Dakotas and Minnesota.

  5. History of flooding in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The flood came close to overcoming Winnipeg's existing flood protection system. [42] At the time, the Winnipeg Floodway was designed to protect against a flow 60,000 cu ft/s (1,700 m 3 /s), but the 1997 flow was 63,000 cu ft/s (1,800 m 3 /s). To compensate, the province broke operational rules for the floodway, as defined in legislation, during ...

  6. Red River of the North - Wikipedia

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    It crested in Winnipeg at the James Avenue pumping station at 19.59 feet (5.97 m) above datum, as the sixth highest flood levels in recorded history if flood protection such as the Portage Diversion and the Red River Floodway were not in place. [20] That same year there was a surprise major flood on the Assiniboine River.

  7. 1997 Red River flood - Wikipedia

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    Even with these flood protection measures, in 1997 the province had a flood cresting at 21.6 ft (6.6 m). It caused 28,000 people to be evacuated and $500 million CAD in damage to property and infrastructure. [15] [16] The 1997 flood was a 100-year flood. It came close to overwhelming Winnipeg's existing flood protection system. [17]

  8. History of Winnipeg - Wikipedia

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    The end of World War II brought a new sense of optimism to Winnipeg. Pent-up demand brought a boom in housing development, but building activity came to a halt due to the 1950 Red River flood, the largest flood to hit Winnipeg since 1861; the flood held waters above the flood stage for 51 days. On May 8, 1950, eight dikes collapsed, four of the ...

  9. List of historic places in Winnipeg - Wikipedia

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    Red River Floodway National Historic Site of Canada Winnipeg MB 49°45′05″N 97°07′58″W  /  49.7514°N 97.1328°W  / 49.7514; -97.1328  ( Red River Floodway National Historic Site of