2017.025.7.8 Landslide, Burton, 1984

Accession Num: 2017.025.7.8

Negative Code: O50-8

Extent:

Document Date: 1984-06-30 - 1984-07-02

Donors: Gale Detta

Creators: Lily Grimmett

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

Locations: Burton

Physical Description:
1 colour 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.' Image from holdings of St. Andrew's United Church, Burton.

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