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Refers to the large, Fraser River flood of 1948. Similar subject term, "floods and flooding" refers more generally to floods and flooding.

Hugh Garnet Miller (1908-1987) and Frances M.(1906-1982) Miller's family lived on a farm at 22383 96th Ave., Fort Langley. (The original house is still at the front of the property in 2007, and the barn was built in the 1950s.) Hugh was the son of Ernest Miller. The couple had three sons, Leonard, George and Earl. Hugh owned Miller Sand and Gravel in Fort Langley; the business started in 1946 or 1947. He was a foreman when the dykes were built after the flood, while they were clearing the land and putting gravel in, although not during the actual building (a Mr. Ward was the superintendent). Hugh was the first person of the Albion Ferry on its first run in 1957.