2014.018.1977 Slide, Burton area, 1984

Accession Num: 2014.018.1977

Negative Code: S1125A-24

Extent:

Document Date: 1984-06-29 - --

Donors: Denis Stanley

Creators: Denis Stanley

Keywords: 1980s, Burton landslides (1984), Highway 6, landslide/rockslide, and Lower Arrow Lake

Locations: Burton

Physical Description:
1 b/w negative (35 mm)

Notes:
Landslide covers Highway 6 along Lower Arrow Lake south of Burton, Canada Day long weekend, July 1984. Caption from 4 July 1984 edition of Arrow Lakes News: 'Part of the rubble covering Highway 6 about two miles south of Caribou Creek Bridge on Friday after slides cut off the highway between Burton and Fauquier in four places. The largest slide can just be discerned in the distance at Rockslide (note rubble in the lake).'