Still poking through pictures of the 1967 flood

Fairbanks from the air in 1967. All those houses surrounded by water ...! The actual river channel can be seen vaguely in the background, behind the tall buildings downtown. (Another website tells me that the flooded area was about five miles wide, and encompassed very nearly the whole town.)

Grocery shopping in canoes. At least they're taking it fairly well.

Article on the Chena Flood Project that (hopefully) prevents it from happening again.

There's also a somewhat goofily touristy slideshow on the Army Corps of Engineers website explaining the flood project and the resulting lake and park. "Genuine imported sand" on the beach at the lake ... hee!