B.C. landslide surge roars down Fraser River into Lower Mainland

By Dirk Meissner – CBC

A landslide last week in Farwell Canyon, south of Williams Lake, dammed the Chilcotin River and created a lake about 11 kilometres long behind the slide.

The slide and damage from the rushing water could impact critical salmon runs heading for spawning areas upstream on the Chilcotin River and at Chilko Lake.

The valuable sockeye salmon run, currently making its way up the Fraser River, is due to arrive at the Chilcotin River this weekend, while some Chinook have passed by the slide area, but others are still in the river downstream from the slide.