New Westminster closes boardwalk due to expected Chilcotin River landslide debris

The City of New Westminster, B.C., is informing residents and visitors that nan boardwalk has been closed until further announcement owed to nan Chilcotin River landslide debris.

In a connection connected its website, nan metropolis said that owed to nan fast-moving h2o and expected debris successful nan Fraser River, nan boardwalk will beryllium closed.

It is informing that conditions whitethorn alteration abruptly and boaters should debar nan area owed to information concerns.

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Located astir 100 kilometres southwest of Williams Lake, nan landslide came down Wednesday morning, damming nan stream and creating a impermanent lake.

About 9 a.m. Monday, h2o started breaching nan earthy reservoir that was formed by past week’s landslide, and by early afternoon, h2o and debris had reached nan Fraser River.

Some properties on nan Chilcotin and Fraser rivers are nether removal bid and nan state is informing group to enactment away.

Real-time water-level monitoring accusation is publically disposable done the Water Survey of Canada.