The flooding was the natural but unforeseen outcome of the government building a dam above an adjacent lake.
Story and historical flooding photos
Visit the Cedar River Watershed visitors' center at Rattlesnake Lake.
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I'd never heard of Moncton; eerie to think of our own little freshwater Atlantis, here in the Pacific Northwest!
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful place but the name gives me chills. Happy TT!
ReplyDeletewill have to check out that link...it sounds a sad tale to go with a wonderful pic...happy tt!
ReplyDeletei'm such a cynic when it comes to what the gov't does, i am not convinced that they didn't know beforehand.
ReplyDeletein other words, i bet they knew!
HAUNTNG PHOTOGRAPH. I WILL GO EDUCATE MYSELF ON THIS. -J
ReplyDeleteI agree with Everday Goddess. I bet they knew, too.
ReplyDeleteHow sad! But it did make a beautiful, stark photo.
Fabulous photograph - and thanks for the link - as a lover of local history (wherever that locality might be) HistoryLink.org is a most useful find.
ReplyDeletepicture gorgeous/ the devastation sad
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