WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.
— A bridge over British Columbia's Chilcotin River was closed to traffic Friday after new cracks were discovered along the hillside near a massive landslide that had blocked the river for days before a breach sent torrents of water and debris downstream.
"The province is currently assessing these cracks," said the Tsilhqot'in statement."Due to concern for public safety, the bridge will be closed until further notice." Flood advisories along both the Fraser and Chilcotin rivers were lifted Thursday as flows returned to normal levels, said Connie Chapman, B.C. water management branch executive director.
Cullen said plans are already underway to assist salmon through a difficult bottleneck area created by the raging river after the landslide, but government officials and Indigenous leaders are waiting to see if the choke point will clear itself in the coming days. "It's been said to me that 90 per cent of all First Nations in B.C. rely on salmon," he said in an interview."When you take a look at how many nations are on the Fraser River, the challenges that nature's introducing are huge."
"The Chilcotin River is a major tributary to the Fraser River and supports populations of early timed chinook, early summer sockeye, summer run sockeye, Interior Fraser coho and steelhead, several of which are stocks of conservation concern," said the statement."Due to the current high sediment load and decrease in water quality, adult chinook and sockeye salmon in the Chilcotin system have only been observed upstream of the slide.
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