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dry snye
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a dry side channel which, when deepened and filled with water from a snye-dam served as a by-pass enabling raftsmen to avoid rapids.
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1826
We are also busy forming a channel through the rapids, for the sake of the raftsmen--this is done by building two strong dams, and deepening what is called a dry snie.