(Columbia Shuswap Regional District).

By Aaron Schulze

Evacuation Alert

Evacuation alert issued for Sicamous mobile home park due to landslide threat

May 5, 2022 | 11:12 AM

SICAMOUS, B.C. — The District of Sicamous has issued an evacuation alert for numerous properties in the Sicamous Creek Mobile Home Park.

In a news release issued Thursday (May 5) morning, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) says there’s a threat of a landslide near Wiseman Creek that may pose danger to life, health or property from residences No. 1 to 27 Highway 97A.

Previously, the CSRD directors did not support a proposal to conduct salvage logging in the Sicamous and Wiseman Creek watersheds due to the high risk of landslides following the Two Mile wildfire near Sicamous in summer 2021. The Sicamous Creek Mobile Home Park is located at the base of Wiseman Creek.

(Columbia Shuswap Regional District).

An evacuation alert is intended to give residents time to be ready for a possible evacuation. Residents will be given as much advance notice as possible prior to evacuation. However, they may receive limited notice due to changing conditions.

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Details on what residents should do in an evacuation is online.