In photos: A look at High River's lengthy flood recovery

Much of downtown High River, Alta., is vacant and under construction as seen on Tuesday, July 23, 2013. A pile of material sits in a parking lot of a vacant apartment building.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail

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A house in Riverside Villas in High River, is vacant and severely damaged.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail

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John Willis holds his common-law wife Ronda Kalman outside of their trailer in High River. The couple finally got access to their home 32 days after the flood hit.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail

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John Willis is left to enter through a window to access his trailer in High River.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail

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Much of the downtown is vacant and under construction.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail

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A playground sits in dried mud in downtown High River.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail

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Workers carry out debris from a building some 32 days after the flood.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail

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Downtown High River, where many buildings are vacant and under construction.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail

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A trailer at the Riverside Villas in High River is vacant and severely damaged.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail

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Ronda Kalman holds a stuffed owl that was recovered outside of her trailer in High River.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail

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A worker fills a bin in High River.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail

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Some 100 High River residents were allowed access into their new temporary housing on July 24. The new interim housing community opened north of High River and is a modular trailer set up to give those displaced by the floods a place to stay while they rebuild or relocate.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail

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Another look at High River residents accessing temporary housing on July 24, 2013.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail

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71-year-old widow Helen Fraser from High River is photographed outside of her temporary living accommodations on July 24, 2013. She has been camping in a tent on a strangers lawn at the edge of town ever she she was displaced after the floods in June. She holds the address sign which she took from her flooded trailer that she lived in with her pets.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail

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