After the construction of Bok Kai, no matter how large the flood, the waters never reached Marysville, though surrounding towns were inundated.
但自從北溪廟落成之後，不論洪水多嚴重，總是淹不到瑪利斯委，遭殃的多半是鄰近城市，這就使得該廟的「靈」名遠播。北溪廟的規模不大，佔地僅約五十坪。由建築上還可看出是中國式的架構，但有些部分已由西式建材取代。