‘Danger below that tranquil, beautiful water’: More rescues at Lynn Canyon

Officials are erstwhile again urging be aware connected Vancouver’s North Shore aft different engaged play amid nan soaring heat.

On Sunday, an injured hiker was nan latest rescue aft he was stepping on nan way astatine nan bottommost of Twin Falls erstwhile he and his woman decided to spell disconnected way and nan man slipped and fell.

Brent Steacy pinch nan District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services said nan man tumbled caput complete heels down nan way but was fortunate capable not to onshore successful nan stream aliases connected nan rocks.

However, Steacy said nan man injured his knee and had to beryllium extracted pinch help.

“Not a method rescue, but it’s what we telephone a steep slope rescue,” Steacy said. “So, ropes are put into play and mechanical systems are put in.”

He added that it took 3 trucks pinch 4 firefighters connected each to get nan man up nan embankment and to safety.

“It does tie distant from different calls and being capable to respond to (calls) wrong nan territory during this time. We’re taking 3 trucks retired of service, fundamentally to do this. We’ll do it each time and immoderate clip it does travel in. So we’re not worried astir that.”

This rescue is conscionable nan latest successful a drawstring of incidents successful Lynn Canyon arsenic galore activity alleviation from nan existent power wave.

An intoxicated man successful his early 20s was pulled from nan waters in Lynn Canyon Park connected Saturday evening.

District of North Vancouver firefighters responded to nan “30-foot pool” astatine nan North Shore parkland astir 8 p.m. aft nan man reportedly fell disconnected immoderate rocks into nan water.

Firefighters carried nan man connected a stretcher up from nan celebrated swimming spot to nan parking batch wherever he was handed disconnected to BC Emergency Services.

According to nan BC Coroners Service, intoxicant and narcotics person been a contributing facet successful 38 per cent of drownings from 2012 to 2020.

Just past week, a 21-year-old man drowned astatine nan aforesaid park, astatine nan Twin Falls area.

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Steacy said it’s important to retrieve that while this area is beautiful and tin beryllium a awesome measurement to cool off, it is still very dangerous.

“There is threat beneath that tranquil, beautiful h2o arsenic well,” he said.

“The train is very difficult. It’s rocky, it’s rooty. People, because they travel from very adjacent successful here, from their homes and a 15-minute autobus thrust aliases thrust correct in, they deliberation it’s a benignant of manicured, way system. And it’s not. It’s still rough. It’s still nature, and vulnerable stuff.”

Steacy said group request to person due footwear, clothing and h2o successful bid to support themselves safe.