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I have not submitted an old car or truck for a while, so I thought it was time. My nephew Curtis and I found this one last week.

This old 1952 Mercury truck is located along the Red River, just a few miles north of the US. In April 1997 this vehicle would have been totally underwater. That year, the Red River Valley had the biggest flood since 1826. Known as the flood of the century, the area around the Red River, extending miles from the river itself were covered by a record 24.6 feet of water (7.5 m) and occupied at the peak 990 square miles of land in Canada alone.

While the towns and cities of Manitoba were well fortified, all were spared except the town of St. Agathe and did not experience any significant loss or property damage as did areas further south. The towns in the US, notably Grand Forks, East Grand Forks and Fargo, were not so fortunate and experienced major losses. In addition, many farmers and others living in the country were not so fortunate as their land and homes were overcome by the mass of water. In total the flood caused 500 million dollars of damage in Canada and 3.5 billion in the US.

Winnipeg, the capital of the Province of Manitoba has had a floodway for almost 50 years, ever since in was devastated by the flood of 1950. As a result, it was spared significant flooding, but many sand dikes needed to be constructed. As the water levels were higher than the floodway was designed to carry, breaches were just barely avoided. In addition, a new dike system had to be hastily constructed south of the city to prevent overland flooding of Winnipeg. This dike was 42 km long as was constructed in a matter of days at a cost of 10 million dollars. It is called the Brunkild Z-dike because of its shape and because it ended close to the town on Brunkild. Since the 1997 flood, the flood way around Winnipeg has been widened and deepened to allow it to carry more water, the towns in the Red River valley have constructed higher dikes and most farms and homes are now either built above flood levels or have dikes surrounding them.

In 2009 the Red River Valley flooded again. While the river levels did not reach the predicted levels or those of the 1997 flood, this was still the second worst flood since 1826 with the river levels reaching 22.6 feet (6.9 m) at Winnipeg.

This image is HDR processed from 6 separate exposures spanning 6 EV.

Description
Online Sales Gallery: The Untapped Source [link]

I have not submitted an old car or truck for a while, so I thought it was time. My nephew Curtis and I found this one last week.

This old 1952 Mercury truck is located along the Red River, just a few miles north of the US. In April 1997 this vehicle would have been totally underwater. That year, the Red River Valley had the biggest flood since 1826. Known as the flood of the century, the area around the Red River, extending miles from the river itself were covered by a record 24.6 feet of water (7.5 m) and occupied at the peak 990 square miles of land in Canada alone.

While the towns and cities of Manitoba were well fortified, all were spared except the town of St. Agathe and did not experience any significant loss or property damage as did areas further south. The towns in the US, notably Grand Forks, East Grand Forks and Fargo, were not so fortunate and experienced major losses. In addition, many farmers and others living in the country were not so fortunate as their land and homes were overcome by the mass of water. In total the flood caused 500 million dollars of damage in Canada and 3.5 billion in the US.

Winnipeg, the capital of the Province of Manitoba has had a floodway for almost 50 years, ever since in was devastated by the flood of 1950. As a result, it was spared significant flooding, but many sand dikes needed to be constructed. As the water levels were higher than the floodway was designed to carry, breaches were just barely avoided. In addition, a new dike system had to be hastily constructed south of the city to prevent overland flooding of Winnipeg. This dike was 42 km long as was constructed in a matter of days at a cost of 10 million dollars. It is called the Brunkild Z-dike because of its shape and because it ended close to the town on Brunkild. Since the 1997 flood, the flood way around Winnipeg has been widened and deepened to allow it to carry more water, the towns in the Red River valley have constructed higher dikes and most farms and homes are now either built above flood levels or have dikes surrounding them.

In 2009 the Red River Valley flooded again. While the river levels did not reach the predicted levels or those of the 1997 flood, this was still the second worst flood since 1826 with the river levels reaching 22.6 feet (6.9 m) at Winnipeg.

This image is HDR processed from 6 separate exposures spanning 6 EV.