Cawston’s regional district representative is concerned about the state of a section of the Similkameen dike in the Cawston area and frustrated in his attempts to have something done about it before the waters of the Similkameen River end up flowing past residents’ doorsteps.
Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen Cawston Director George Bush says the Similkameen River breached the dike in the very same spot in the late 1940s.
Water flowed freely down Newton Road, flooding a good part of Cawston.
In 1972, the river broke through the dam farther upstream, also resulting in a flood down Newton Road in Cawston.
Steve Arstad – InfoNews.ca – May 12, 2017.
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