Fisheries officers were en route to help corral the 500-pound creature, and the road will be reopened once Emerson is safe, police said.
Police closed a section of Beach Drive in Oak Bay on Sunday morning so that officers could coax local celebrity elephant seal Emerson back onto the beach.
“Efforts are underway to move him back down to the beach to avoid an accident,” police said in a statement. Emerson has been relocated multiple times by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, most recently to a remote beach on northern Vancouver Island on April 5. Emerson is known to climb stairs and cross roads. Officials said this month they are no longer looking at moving Emerson away from Victoria and are planning for shorter relocations if needed.
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