Canadian Coast Guard investigating source of motor oil spill in Montreal river

The Canadian Coast Guard says it’s still investigating nan root of a centrifugal lipid spill nan magnitude of respective metropolis blocks successful nan St. Lawrence River adjacent nan Montreal east-end neighbourhood of Pointe-aux-Trembles.

The national agency said Sunday it was still recovering nan lipid and decontaminating nan seagrass beds and shoreline aft a ample achromatic slick was discovered past week.

It says immoderate 14,000 litres of lipid mixed pinch h2o had been recovered, and that an cognition was underway to cleanable up nan boats astatine a marina.

The seashore defender was first notified Thursday of nan contamination spill, which was astir 875 metres agelong and later identified by nan province’s Environment Department arsenic utilized centrifugal oil.

A chopper and drones were deployed to cheque nan grade nan spill, floating barriers were installed to incorporate it, and boaters were asked to trim velocity successful nan area.

The Environment Department says that arsenic of Sunday evening astir two-thirds of nan vegetation had been cleaned astatine slightest once, and that three-quarters of nan marina had been treated.