11
September
BO-48-3089 : The Mission Region Flood
This is a higher altitude shot of the area east of Mission during the big flood of 1948. The flood affected Nicomen Island, Deroche, Dewdney, Dewdney Peninsula, Hatzic and Mission Flats. A total of 13,135 acres of agricultural land were flooded by the Fraser with 514 houses lost to flood waters.
[Total: 4 Average: 3.5/5]
There are stories of farmers finding white sturgeon in their muddy fields for months after this flood. Often they were found still alive!