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Originally Posted by Northendzone
i read once that the native canadians knew enough not to put thier tents up along the shores of the elbow because it was a flood plain, but we can build multi-million dollar homes along there - fortunatley the government will bail them out again
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Native Canadians didn't have a large hydroelectric dam to regulate flow rates on the river. They emptied the reservoir to mud puddle levels in anticipation of heavy spring rain. They have a lot of protection from short term events there.