Touching on the flood of 1948 in the last edition of The Mail, the floods of 2005 is an event much fresher in the minds of Drumheller residents who faced losing their homes to the swollen Red Deer River.
Touching on the flood of 1948 in the last edition of The Mail, the floods of 2005 is an event much fresher in the minds of Drumheller residents who faced losing their homes to the swollen Red Deer River.
Overlooked and buried by the many tales of miners, pioneers, and dinosaur bone-beds of Drumheller are the houses of ill repute which were arguably as significant in the development of the valley as any mine or bone find.
“Flood Waters Reached 21 Foot Mark At Peak” was the headline The Drumheller Mail ran with on its Thursday April 29, 1948 edition cover.
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