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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.

Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-192/989)

William Henry and Elizabeth Straw (nee Payne) settled in the Willoughby area. They had three children : Kathleen (b. 1913), Richard (Dick), and Wilfred. The family lived at 20819 85th Avenue in Willoughby, where the overpass now is (2004). Kathleen married John Ellens. William Henry Straw died January 9, 1960, at the age of 78, in Murrayville. Elizabeth also died in Murrayville September 17, 1972, at the age of 89. Kathleen died in Murrayville on November 20, 1976, at the age of 61. As of 2005, Richard is still living in Langley, and Wilfred lives in the Valley as well.

Trinity Western College was built on the site of the former Seal-Kap Dairy farm, on the former Hudson's Bay Company farm, in Langley. In the renovated farm buildings and some prefab dormitories donated by a construction company, Trinity Junior College was launched in 1962 with only 17 students. In 1972 the name was changed to Trinity Western College to differentiate it from another Evangelical Free Church school, Trinity College at Deerfield, Illinois (near Chicago). In 1977, Trinity Western's charter from the provincial government was amended to provide a four-year degree program; and in 1979 it was amended again to confirm the authority of the school to grant baccalaureate degrees. In 1984, Trinity Western was granted membership in the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the national conference which represents Canada's degree-granting institutions to governments and to the rest of the world. In October 1985, the name changed to Trinity Western University.