- MCA-0165-0165-S335-010
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- 1948
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Men and women on a naval barge
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Albert Clifford
Near the Dewdney Crossing. Dewdney Memorial Hall and the Dewdney Garage in background
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Albert Clifford
Water marker at Mission City Bridge
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Albert Clifford
Naval personnel using radio equipment
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Three unidentified naval personnel
Albert Clifford
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Mac's Cabins with Auction barn in the background (the flats), Mission, BC
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Albert Clifford
House being swept away by flood waters
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Albert Clifford
Flooded farm in front of Dewdney Mountain
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Albert Clifford
Measuring the water's height at Tremblay Dam
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Albert Clifford
Men and women on the naval barge LCA980
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Albert Clifford
BC Telephone linemen work to remove wires from a telephone pole that was threatened by the flood.
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Unidentified men working on telephone pole
Albert Clifford
Looking towards Matsqui - From Mission- Matsqui Bridge
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Albert Clifford
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Unidentified men sandbagging
Albert Clifford
Floodwaters on Mission Flats or Matsqui
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Albert Clifford
Looking SE from Westminster Abbey toward Dewdney
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Albert Clifford
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Photo taken from the West end of the washout. A bulldozer is shoving gravel into the fill. Telegraph poles at right were installed to restore communications soon after the break.
Albert Clifford
View looking South from Westminster Abbey, Hatzic, BC
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Albert Clifford
Man shovelling dirt to protect property from flood waters of the Fraser River
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Albert Clifford
Man and woman being ferried across a small canal
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Albert Clifford
Group of people around a table
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Director of the Red Cross Harry Beech (identified by armband) surrounded by an unidentified group of people
Looking South from Westminster Abbey
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Albert Clifford
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
The slow process of draining off Matsqui Prairie was in process Monday when this picture of the washed out road was taken from the CPR tracks just south of the bridge.
Raising span of Mission-Matsqui Bridge
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
In the background there are a group of unidentified men on a construction boat.
Albert Clifford
Low water mark April 17th, 1948 - Mission City Bridge
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Low waters due to delayed spring freshets and late snows in the mountains worry farmers. A rush of water in anticipated with the advent of warmer weather.
Photo taken from the north bank of the river looking southeast from a point near the new concrete gauge fower.
Albert Clifford
Horne Ave. 1st day water broke through - May 27th 1948 Mission City
Part of Albert Clifford fonds
Albert Clifford
The rescue of the Charnley Family May 27th 1948
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Albert Clifford
Dewdney Crossing May 27th, 1948
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Vehicle driving through the floodwaters in front of businesses, and an empty row boat on the water's edge.
Unidentified men in two row boats in front of Dewdney Trading post.
Photo taken from the CPR crossing looking east towards the Dewdney Trading post on the left.
Albert Clifford