2014.018.1997 Slide, Burton area, 1984

Accession Num: 2014.018.1997

Negative Code: S1125A-15

Extent:

Document Date: 1984-06-29 - 1984-07-02

Donors: Denis Stanley

Creators: Denis Stanley

Keywords: 1980s, Burton landslides (1984), Highway 6, Joy Creek, and landslide/rockslide

Locations: Burton

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

Notes:
Ravine flooded with debris, Highway 6 just south of Burton following landslide, Canada Day long weekend, July 1984. Caption from 4 July 1984 edition of Arrow Lakes News: 'This ravine never existed before Joy Creek went on the rampage on Friday morning cutting a ditch up to 50 feet deep near Burton.'

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