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Published June 22, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Northland flooding - Friday, June 22


Jacob Stover (foreground), Donny Northcutt and Connor Stover hike along one of the large crevasses in what used to be a section of West Skyline Parkway near Spririt Mountain Friday. The Stovers and other families can't use cars to drive to the outside world, relying instead on hiking out to the other side after flooding earlier in the week. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)

  • Jacob Stover (foreground), Donny Northcutt and Connor Stover hike along one of the large crevasses in what used to be a section of West Skyline Parkway near Spririt Mountain Friday. The Stovers and other families can't use cars to drive to the outside world, relying instead on hiking out to the other side after flooding earlier in the week. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • A man rides a motorcycle though the floodwaters of the St. Louis River as it flows over the washed-out pavement of Minnesota Highway 23 in Duluth's Fond du Lac neighborhood on Friday, June 22, 2012, after record rainfall caused flash flooding in the area earlier this week. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • One of two large washouts along a stretch of West Skyline Parkway near Spirit Mountain has cut off access via automobile to the outside world for residents living there. (Bob King / News Tribune)
  • Part of the Cody Inn in West Duluth, seen Friday, June 22, 2012, collapsed into a ravine in the wake of this week's record rainfall and flooding. (Bob King / News Tribune)
  • The dam at Chester Bowl was washed out in June's storm, causing the pond at the base of the ski hill to disappear. In its place is a bed of rocks. Chester Creek flows around to the right. (file / Bob King / News Tribune)
  • Contractors from different construction companies survey road damage along West Skyline Parkway in Duluth on Friday, June 22, 2012. Record rainfall caused flash flooding in the area earlier this week. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Duluth Mayor Don Ness (left) and members of the media look into a large washout on West Skyline Parkway in Duluth on Friday, June 22, 2012, after record rainfall caused flash flooding in the area earlier this week.(Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack (from left), Duluth Mayor Don Ness, Sen. Al Franken, St. Louis County Commissioner Steve O'Neil, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and St. Louis County Commissioner Frank Jewell address the media about flood damage at a large washout on West Skyline Parkway on Friday, June 22, 2012, in Duluth, after record rainfall caused flash flooding in the area earlier this week. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Duluth police officer Tom Sewell (left) and Sgt. Chuck O'Connor check on residents stranded along a stretch of West Skyline Parkway after both ends of the road collapsed in this week's flood. From left: Alice Stover, Connor Stover, Donny Northcutt and Jacob Stover. (Bob King / News Tribune)
  • Logs and debris block the usual path of Mission Creek where it flows under Minnesota Highway 23 in the Fond du Lac neighborhood on Friday, June 22, 2012, in Duluth. Record rainfall caused flash flooding in the area earlier this week.(Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Fond du Lac neighborhood residents Jeff Braack (left) and Mike Berger trudge through knee-deep floodwaters while hiking to the neighborhood Friday, June 22, 2012, in Duluth after record rainfall caused flash flooding in the area earlier this week. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • People survey the waters of the St. Louis River flowing over Minnesota Highway 23 in the Fond du Lac neighborhood on Friday, June 22, 2012, in Duluth after record rainfall caused flash flooding in the area earlier this week. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Residents survey flood damage in the Fond du Lac neighborhood of Duluth in June 2012 after record rainfall caused flash flooding in the area. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Rocky Vine and his son Phillip, both of Duluth, use an all-terrain vehicle to navigate through floodwaters in the Fond du Lac neighborhood Friday, June 22, 2012, in Duluth after record rainfall caused flash flooding in the area earlier this week. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)