Cultus Lake Beaches Damaged By Flood | 4K | Storm Havoc Leaves Massive Debris & Costly Cleanup
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- One of the more surprising effects of the recents storms was the amount of wood carried into Cultus Lake. These huge piles of debris are scattered along the entire Eastern shore of the lake. Machinery has begun piling the larger pieces, but the sheer volume of wood on this beach has changed its face for the short term at least.
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This is Mother Nature doing its job. That lake is going to be so much more fresh and full of new water, and all of that dry tinder is now washed down to prevent any future forest fires.
Well, um, not quite. The lake has never had a lack of water, and the amount of sediment that entered the lake caused some high turbidity. It will eventually settle and filter down to the lake bed.
The "dry tinder" is all debris from living trees that were uprooted during the floods and pulverized as they were washed down to the lake itself. It wasn't lying on the forest floor providing fuel for a future fire.
@@adrianwapcaplet2773 l was wondering if that amount of debris is slash from clear-cutting, which means that there would be *no* roots to prevent soil and forest floor runoff. Is there logging in the area?
Wow, thats the beach I swam at as a kid. Live in Holland now, thanks for putting this up. I am sure the beaches will be back to what they were eventually.
Maybe it’s just me but I think it’s a shame to tie up the heavy machinery for beach cleanup when if possible it should be directed towards road and infrastructure repair. We are starting winter so beaches should be last priority. Bloody shame though. I feel super lucky that my little farmhouse here in Delta was above the flood levels however all the fields are covered with water. They said it would be the wettest winter on record and thus far they are spot on. Glad I got my generative setup and gassed up before all of this. Hopefully those in need will get the help they need to get life back to normal ASAP.
Thanks for doing this. Working together and sharing as much information as possible is gonna be key in the coming days. Much love. God bless.
Wow you are optimistic
I was baptized in this lake. It looks like they've made a lot of progress in a short time and the beach should be mostly clear before next summer.
Every now and then, in such environmental systems as exist there, nature pulls the chain and clears the pipes. Fortunately the debris you shot isn't choked with plastic etc but It's a shame all that woodfibre is destined for a burn pile, but who knows. Nice filmwork.
Hopefully, all the Government camp sites at Cultus Lake will utilize all that debris for firewood.
Thanks for the insight and coverage. Appreciate the first hand report. 🙏✨🏆✨👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼✨💖✨
If you've got a garden and a truck head up to the lake and load up on sticks and smaller logs. You should be able to rent a mulcher for a day and mulch up everything. Even if it costs about the same as buying it at least you'd be helping with the clean up a bit. If everyone does that it would be cleaned up fairly quickly
thats free firewood!
where is government hired workers? The government should be backend of people living at that area,right? People's Life, environment, That's tax purpose to do. The recover of natural disaster of government will only can be giving a "hoho"
@@kenshn2956 we need to quit relying on the government.
@@kenshn2956 The government is full of lazy freeloaders, they will not be helping you.
@@kenshn2956 The whole Fraser Valley needs help and clean up, so when, and if, things slow down, they will get to the recreational spots. The TransCanada Highway and the farms are the priority at the mo.
Look at all that logging debris!!! How much of that lake is now filled with runoff? Just unreal. We have two more storm fronts that will dump more rain on the way. Please stay safe.
Thank you for the vid.... It's nice to see what is happening and the comparison from before, from a local's perspective. Again, Thank you, just one thing, any chance the volume of the music can be lowered a little? I preferred hearing the water rushing by, the rain pounding down and your commentary. Brilliant vid.
oh no. I loved it there the salmon run was beautiful. I sat on that dock.
No words,unbelievable, thanks for sharing
Wow, all the destruction from the storms is crazy. I have never ever seen Cultus like that before from any storm. Just brutal in so many places it's everywhere in the Province and it's just heart breaking. As I write this I can hear it pouring like crazy out there so it isn't letting up anytime soon. Stay safe and I hope your home's are flood free. I am so grateful it hasn't flooded near me but other places in Langley etc got it bad. Take care and thanks for sharing.
There's a Silverling and Blessing in disguise in this, as all these washed up wood debris hopefully means less Tinder for Forest Fires for the coming Summer Heatwave. And as we all know each summer is getting more hot and intense.
Free firewood ! Free Hugelkulture Gardening fertilizer !
Great video sir. All that wood would be great shipped up for paths and such.
Awesome video guys...Still beautiful but somewhat of a twilight zone...
It is not destroyed. Just under a ton of wood.
Free firewood delivered by nature.
Everybody talks about the rain. This is Sumas LAKE, well it was until they decided to drain it and live there in the 30s. We weren't surprised when this happened to New Orleans. I expect this will happen again. Mother Nature wants her lake back.
One positive on this if there is a positive, with all of that ground clutter washed out of the forest maybe it will prevent a devastating fire that usually comes from all the fuel on the ground.
Ikr👌
Are you kidding? Cleaning a beach which won't be used for 6 months is a priority when major roads are washed out?
Just part of the cycle of life!
Happy to see a quality video!! 👍👍 New fan here!
Just think, all that wood scoured from the forest floor is no longer tinder for wildfires next year.
The question is"where did all of this lumber come from???" Wow! Normally, Cultus Lake is so clean of debris all along its shoreline around the whole lake! Looks like all the camp grounds won't be short on firewood this season. From another Chllliwackian, to another, thanks for posting this. (haven't been there since the floods)
Great video thanks. I "wander" what teapot trail looks.
so nice for you to go out n take videos for all of us. such a tragedy everywhere for everyone. is the sunnyside campgrounds destroyed too
No sunny side is fine. But similar amounts of wood on the beachfront
@@wandervisionYT ok thanks so much. keep safe n will always watch your videos. take care too
Sharing with the groups. Thanks. Hey..I couldn't tell. Did you get footage of the main beach?
No this was around the corner from there.
I lived in a real cute cabin on Cultus Lake for two years and know these docks very well. Wonder how those cabins faired.
Thanks for posting.
If somebody with a lot of energy was smart. They would collect all that drift wood and sell it in the summer for firewood.
Exactly. Take it home, dry it out and use it in fireplaces or wood stoves.
It sure cleans the lake from all its logging left over.
Is the wood debris slash from clear-cutting?
All that wood. A beavers dream come true.
How is Bell Acres ? We used to own the log home at 49 Neville Road. Thanks.
I couldn’t give you an accurate update now. It has been u see evac alert several times.
Love Mother Nature.
Woah, unbelievable!! I live in Australia but from Burnaby and my friends and family live in Langley/Pitt Meadows/Maple Ridge etc so thank you for the videos, hard to fathom such destruction!!!
Wow ! I’m from Burnaby also near Brentwood. I’m in Melbourne, stuck here since covid hit us in Jan 2020 . Shocking to see what’s happening back home 🥵
Zero destruction ..just lots of wood everywhere
Not the end of the world though is it. At least it’s just wood!
Man....Hows Chilliwack lake road and Chilliwack lake doing? Same thing? I've been wondering if the creeks had washed out the road or not, any word?
Check my other videos. Lots of video from up chilliwack lake road.
Nothing wrong with beautiful drift wood
This is not destruction. This is Mother Nature reclaiming her land.
Well the wood is a small issue in the big picture. More concerning is that those small mouth bass took the opportunity to finally get out of that lake and where ever that overflow was headed, which could be disastrous for our native fish.
Hadn’t thought of that. Those little bastards.
@@wandervisionYT The real bastards are the dumbasses who released non-native fish species into the lake.
Coming from someone who puts a coat on a dog with fur like that.
Wood on a Rocky Mountain lake beach, oh my!
Thanks for the comment. I’ll let the fur fly for you.
your dog has plenty of sticks to choose from. but seriously, wow what destruction. hopefully someone can use all that wood
The answer is a wood chipper. Free wood chips for everyone. And firewood too...
exactly. why truck it away ? an industrial tub grinder or forestry chipper would mulch it all. same as we do at the local landfill with tree trimmings.
Leave all the wood till the spring, by then it'll be good and dry and ready for a nice size wood chipper. 👍
Plus 1 follower! Big 👍
How can we help?
I wanna clean it up
Its called free fire wood .
Fun Fact: have lived in B.C. for 38 of my 41 years of life and I've never been to Cultus Lake.
Well don't feel bad, I'm from Chilliwack and have found that Cultus Lake is relatively unknown to those outside the Fraser Valley.
You need an industrial-size shredder I am should that this product can be used for something. We really have to stop doing things in half measure. We have a recycling program but it only goes halfway we need to start turning these recycle items into finished products right here in BC. and create JOBS.
Lots of firewood for next season's campers.
This is how the earth heals...
Wow. I'm from Alberta and was there just this summer. So sorry.
Were is this at?
What state?
BRITISH COLUMBIA
It's just wood, not garbage. They should pile it up somewhere & sell the firewood & bags of barkmulch. Then there's using firewood for campers and barkmulch for trails & landscaping.
Agreed
Nature's cleaning service... it's not perfect, but it works.
Destroyed ? No.
Exaggeration. Yes.
Meanwhile highways are closed. So we use valuable equipment and manpower to clear a beach that won't be used until spring 2022 instead of fixing real problems and helping actual people in need first. Looks like government has there priorities mixed up as usual.
All that dead wood that the “smart” environmentalists wouldn’t clean up, would be kindling for forest fires in the summer. Mother nature’s way of cleansing the forests.
The flip side is all that kindling is also the future humus the forest depends on for it’s overall health. Decisions decisions eh? I do realize the fire hazard is a very real but short term fear for people living with forests. Even before we got here to “manage” forests such deluges washed humus away and forest fires raged unchecked. But….look at the giant trees we found here swarming the province. Where are they now?
it will all be cleaned up,all the wood will go to be firewood,and lots of gold will have been exposed to help enrich people
Why aren’t they offering it to those who might want free fire wood. You wouldn’t be able to burn this year but chop it up and stack it for next year.
Cant it be chipped?
Harvest the wood, make bread boxes and other things. Be safe.😁
Bread boxes? How?
@@wandervisionYT you process the wood. Woodworking is profitable.
I don't have a problem with all the little bits of wood. Makes it look pretty. I wonder more about why all the waste looks a lot like the slash left behind by logging activity. How much of the flood damage is a result of the forestry industries practises? Not trying to demonize anyone here...but maybe we should be challenging ourselves to do better at harvesting natural resources too.
Got laid a few times there. Brings a tear to my eyes knowing that I’m now not the only one that laid wood there
Don’t think it done yet? ☹️
Just put up a sign for free firewood and it will go away
It will be a busy new year for construction and renovation crews all over the Fraser Valley as well as the interior. Hope the feds help out...
how is Columbia valley? video please
I haven’t been up there yet. Will take a drive during the week.
Well. I guess cultus lake got a endless supply of campfire wood.
Mother Nature has a way of cleansing itself and then regeneration.
If one has a house on a flood plane then elevate it and build a dike around it higher than old lake level around farmyard including livestock barns including your fields with cannel drainage from the start 100 years ago building Specs.
or 60 years ago, when it happened the first time. The flooding of a lakebed or river plane will happen every 30 years 3 times in 100 years. Climate events have been happening this way since the last Ice Age,that created the Fraser Valley and flood plane at the Ocean Lower Mainland. Richmond and Vancouver Airport
very much not too far over Sea level.
getting to winter in such bad conditions ...
How much rain fell there holy crap
Just nature flushing out all the garbage from the non wanted visitors
God bless BC Canada
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well my friend, if you are so concerned about the little bits of wo that will be left over , you could always grab a rake...
Yes oldman, I grabbed a shovel to fill sandbags.
Where is Curtis Lake?
Cultus lake
Youve seen the constant talk of Chilliwack and Abbotsford. It goes in order Vancouver - Burnaby - Port Coquitlam - this is order of driving down the freeway cross river Surrey - Langley - Abbotsford - Chilliwack and then Hope where first blood was filmed. Cultus Lake is when you turn into Chilliwack its like a 18-23 mins drive through some nice scenic roads. Maybe 30 minutes if stuck in traffic. Waterslides parks lake camping go karts kinda vibe. Touristy. There was a fun park with rides quite frightening rides last time I was there. Hahaha.
I love Canada and Candians and traveled extensively, including kayaking and snowboarding. It is a truly beautiful country beyond words. It's sad to see the damage from the storm. However, Canada is contributing more than it's fair share to climate change. I know much of the world's economy still depends on fossil fuels and logging, but it's time to move on from these activities ASAP. It's going to get worse, but worse.
Well, well , maybe you can buddy up with Trudeau as he wants to start limiting Canadians as to how much they can travel to help the whole climate change issue. As someone who says they have traveled "extensively " I am assuming this was by air so why don't you do your part and stay home.
Time for the residents to grab some rakes and clean up the small stuff. That’s what happens where I live, gangs of people with trucks and rakes and shovels, we got er done. I know you people can get it done.
Instead of relying on heavy machinery all the time, people should get together and use their hands. Lost some weight and gain muscle at the same time. A win win.
That means work and not to many like working anymore 😢
It is not litter it is valuable wood. I just hope someone has the good sense, govt assistance, and where with n
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Very obvious why BC has huge forest fires every year. Tons of that debris wood left lying on the forest floor just ready to start burning in the hot weather. Does the BC government ever plan to remove all the debris and prevent forest fires? In Alberta we don't want all that smoke pollution every summer!
Thats nature
On the bright side, it's wood and not plastic garbage.
Be positive FFS. Just think of all the free firewood.
That is true. It was one of the first things I thought too. It’s just a shocking sight to see after spending so much time at this lake.
Unfortunately this disaster will be very often in BC and surrounding areas
An idea of how much debris logging above the lake created.
No logging immediately surrounding the lake. It’s a park.
Logging, that caused MOST of this mess..your BC Premier is busy shoring up his 'retirement funds' cutting down old growth, the people of BC allow this, so you get what you get.
Prolly running out of pylons.
I hear Dion Phaneuf is available.
free fire wood
It is natural.
Cedar itch has always been an issue, now it will be worse for years.
Yeah..beach looks fine....first world problems right....any bodies wash up?....looks fine then
True
Woe, all This debris that we are Seeing is the
"mulch cover for the surrounding environment",
The removal of this cover will cause a lacking
Of nutrients which will be detrimental if not
FATAL to the said environment,,,. Have a
Good day,,,,.
Yes, because "Mulch" is very important to a beach and the waves that's crashing onto shore would surely deliver all that nutrients from the mulch to other parts of the lake.
Fatal, huh? Lol.
poor forrest maintenence for sure
Heartbreaking!!
It’s just biomass.