Array of reference (or pointer) to labels in c#

Say I have a form with a long bunch of temperature readouts, so in the designer:

this.lblTemperatureDevice01 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
this.lblTemperatureDevice02 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
this.lblTemperatureDevice03 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
// ...
this.lblTemperatureDevice50 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();

In the main form code, how do I add the labels to an array so that I can update the labels using a loop in a timer event eg:

private void tmrUpdateLabels_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Disable timer
    tmrUpdateLabels.Enabled = false;
    if (m_bExiting)
        return;

    // Update temperatures (if device has returned a reading)
    for (int device = 0; device < MAX_DEVICES; device++)
    {
        if (m_aHasNewReading[device])
        {
            m_aHasNewReading[device] = false;
            labels[device].Text = m_aTemperature[device].ToString();
        }
    }

    // Restart timer
    tmrUpdateLabels.Enabled = true;
}

How do I create the labels[MAX_DEVICES] array? Must I use:

private Label[] labels = new Label[MAX_DEVICES];

or is there a way to get a reference (or pointer) to the existing label(s) without creating new labels? Coming from a C++ background where I might have simply stored the address of each label in an array.