HOEVEN PRESSES FOR U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SUPPORT
ON PEMBINA BORDER DIKE
BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. John Hoeven Tuesday hand delivered a number of photographs to U.S. State Department officials illustrating flooding in Pembina County North Dakota caused by a 30-mile-long Canadian road functioning as a dike along the international border, a clear violation of the U.S. Boundary Waters Treaty Act of 1909.
Governor Hoeven's Press Release (56 kb)
Manitoba Border Dike Slide Presentation (1 mb)
April 15, 2009
Impounded water escaped the north Pembina River channel and followed the border dike eastward to higher ground (April 15, 2009)
April 21, 2009
Water impounded in North Dakota behind the border dike, five miles east of Neche, ND. (April 21, 2009)
April 21, 2009
Floodwater spills from the Pembina River just northeast of Neche, ND. The border dike can be seen impounding water on the North Dakota side of the border. (April 21, 2009)
April 27, 2009
The border dike was temporarily overtopped in areas, but it has since been repaired. (April 27, 2009)
April 27, 2009
Floodwater spills from the Pembina River as it is impounded on the south side of the border dike. (April 27, 2009)
