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Fraser River Flood Of 1948
The Fraser River flood of 1948 was the most devastating flooding to hit Greater Vancouver in living memory. That year's floods had more than 2,300 homes were destroyed, 16,00 people displaced, and a great number of livestock killed. The population of the Fraser Valley, Lower Fraser Valley at the time was only around 50,000. At the flood's height, the water level measured 7.6 m. The areas of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Abbotsford and northern Langley, British Columbia (district municipality), Langley were particularly hard hit. The Canadian National Railway line and the Trans-Canada Highway rail lines were flooded, cutting southwestern BC off from the rest of Canada. When the waters receded, 10 were dead and 1,500 were left homeless, and between $150 and 210 million in damage had been inflicted on the area Timeline May 26th A district engineer with the Dominion Power and Water Bureau, CW Webb, warns that unless there is a large change in temperature within ten days, floods will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraser River
The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river's annual discharge at its mouth is or , and it discharges 20 million tons of sediment into the ocean. Naming The river is named after Simon Fraser, who led an expedition in 1808 on behalf of the North West Company from the site of present-day Prince George almost to the mouth of the river. The river's name in the Halqemeylem (Upriver Halkomelem) language is , often seen archaically as Staulo, and has been adopted by the Halkomelem-speaking peoples of the Lower Mainland as their collective name, . The river's name in the Dakelh language is . The ''Tsilhqot'in'' name for the river, not dissimilar to the ''Dakelh'' name, is , meaning Sturgeon ''()'' River ''()''. Course The Fraser drains a area. Its source is a dripping spring at Fraser Pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
