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- ↑ CBC archive video: 1948 floods in B.C. , retrieved 2022-11-29
- ↑ "Vancouver-FraserFloods". CGEN Archive. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ↑ "Rising Water: The Great Flood of 1948 | Coquitlam, BC". www.coquitlam.ca. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ↑ Community (2018-07-03). "HISTORY: Memories of 1948 Fraser River floods still run strong - Surrey Now-Leader". www.surreynowleader.com. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ↑ Fricke, Erwin (June 1, 1948). "First Dike Goes At Creston". Nelson Daily News .
- ↑ "Flood Relief Fund Urged by Meeting". The Windsor Daily Star . June 3, 1948. p. 3.