Hydro pole from B.C. Interior travels down three rivers to Tsawwassen
Cheryl Chan | Posted: Jan. 11, 2022, 2:19 p.m. | Updated: Jan. 11, 2022, 2:19 p.m. | 3 Min Read
A power pole installed in the B.C. Interior eventually washed up in Tsawwassen on Christmas Day, said B.C. Hydro.
A hydro pole installed in the B.C. Interior and washed away by the November floods has ended up hundreds of kilometres away in Tsawwassen.
The damaged pole was installed along Highway 8 in the Shackan community, said B.C. Hydro. It was one of 87 power poles along the highway destroyed by the heavy rain and flooding that hit the region on November 14 and 15.
It was found by a B.C. Hydro employee out for a walk along Boundary Bay on Christmas Day.
Company spokesman Kyle Donaldson said the pole's route speaks to the severity of the flooding event.
"The pole would've made the epic journey down the Nicola River, past Spences Bridge, into the Thompson River, down the Fraser River and into the Pacific Ocean (Strait of Georgia) before floating around past Tsawwassen and Point Roberts and finally into Boundary Bay," Donaldson said in a statement.
B.C. Hydro also lost 14 transformers along Highway 8. More than 60 poles remain missing from the corridor. About 50 households are still without power in Merritt and surrounding areas, down from 289 in early December.
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