B.C. landslide and flood damages cultural sites, says Williams Lake First Nation

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B.C. landslide and flood damages cultural sites, says Williams Lake First Nation
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WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

— The Williams Lake First Nation says two and possibly three Indigenous cultural heritage sites sustained extensive damage when a torrent of water breached a landslide that had blocked the Chilcotin River in British Columbia's central Interior.

A landslide south of Williams Lake that dammed the Chilcotin River last week broke free on Monday and sent torrents of water, downed trees and debris downstream to the Fraser River, which flows through the Lower Mainland to Georgia Strait.

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