Friday, April 22, 2011

Manitoba Red River Flooding (in pictures - Winnipeg Free Press)




A farm is surrounded by the flooding Red River near the town of St Jean Baptiste Wednesday. After the Flood of the Century in 1997, the Manitoba government raised farm homesteads to protect them from reoccurring floods.
JOE BRYKSA/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS




A farm is surrounded by the flooding Red River between the towns of St Jean Baptiste  and Morris.
JOE BRYKSA/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

Farmers properties are surrounded by the flooded Red River near the town of St Jean Baptiste.
JOE BRYKSA/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

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