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Old 11-16-2021, 12:58 PM   #106
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https://www.theprogress.com/communit...in-chilliwack/
More pics at the link.

Interestingly this story discusses an 1894 flood and mentions the Mission gauge reading of 25.75 feet, which is 7.84m. I took a look, and the peak was ~5.5m earlier today. Now, I know you can in no way directly compare them, given all the development now, river changes etc. But it's certainly possible that was a bigger event. In 1948 it was said to be measured at 7.6m(though it doesn't specifically say the Mission gauge.)

https://wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/report/...ml?stn=08MH024


Anyway, always find it interesting to look at the historical context of these events, and how little we learn. Presumably we've just decided to accept these things occasionally.
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