Ice Jam Holding at 2 Kilometres

Monday, December 17, 2007 03:19 PM

Ice jam is below the Cameron Street Bridge

Prince George, B.C - The ice jam that has forced the Nechako River to spill its banks has shrunk to a 2 kilometers in length from the 6 kilometers it had been on early Saturday. (

click on video icon at left to see the latest aerial views of the ice jam)

The river has cut its own channel through Cottonwood Island Park, and some water is making it to the Fraser. On the north side of the river, (see photo at right ) water is perculating up through the ground which has resulted in 6 more homes being evacuated.

Gabion dikes are visible, and they snake their way through the busineses on the River Road side of the Nechako River. A pump is on scene, pumping thousands of litres of water back into the river.

Up stream at the McAloney Road industrial site, crews continue working on an earth berm.

At Delhaven the water has receded, the photo on the left is from Saturday morning, and the photo on the right is from today.

The water levels have dropped on the Nechako, however, there is no guarantee the flood situation won’t return if there is a sudden cold snap.

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Posted on Monday, December 17, 2007 03:19 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Death to Socialism on December 17 2007 5:12 PM

So I gather there is some type of blockage in the river? Hopefully no flooding results. jk

Posted by: Eagleone on December 17 2007 8:29 PM

If one looks at the Fraser River from the Northwood single lane bridge northwest of town it looks like a completely frozen over glacier with no sign of running water anywhere; so my guess is the Fraser will need quite a lot of warm weather before it begins to thaw out and disipate ice. In the mean time the Nechako is likely to to back up again before that happens.