Flood of 1948 in British Columbia / by C.E. Webb.: En39-40/1949E-PDF

Outlines the conditions contributing to the flood of 1948 in which approximately 70,000 acres of farm lands were inundated and some 2,300 homes damaged or destroyed in the Fraser Valley area of British Columbia, and provides hydrometric data, comprising a summary of the previous maximum recorded stage or discharge, the maximum recorded stage or discharge during the flood period of 1948 and a table for each of 54 selected gauging stations given the daily stage in feet or the daily discharge in cubic feet per second for the period May 1 to July 15, 1948.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada.
Canada. Department of Mines and Resources.
Canada. Dominion Water and Power Bureau.
Title Flood of 1948 in British Columbia / by C.E. Webb.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "March 15, 1949".
Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Publishing information Vancouver. B.C. : Department of Mines and Resources, Mines, Forest and Scientific Services Branch, Dominion Water and Power Bureau, 1949.
Author / Contributor Webb, C. E.
Description [3], 41, [3] p. : maps
Catalogue number
  • En39-40/1949E-PDF
Subject terms Floods
Historical hydrometric data
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