Resource
Hold Back the Dam
Resource Type
Fiction / Non Fiction Books
Reference Title
Hold Back the Dam
Organization/Agency
Minnedosa District Heritage Foundation
Year
1998
ISBN/ISSN
ISBN: 0-9683317-1-8
Topic Location
Canada
Manitoba
Abstract/Additional Information
A collection of interviews and photographs on Minnedosa Lake, spillway, and dam from construction in 1912 to destruction on May 4, 1948. Includes lyrics of song entitled "Hold back the dam, boys." On the cover: "The story of the May 4, 1948 collapse of the Minnedosa Spillway and of the courage displayed by the people from the area in their efforts to save the structure and the town below."
