Slide waters reach the Fraser
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Published 2024-08-05
Around 2pm ish.
Copyright Kevin Chelsea
EDIT: I just got there and it's windy as holy cow, I zoomed in as much as I could with my iphone 15 pro max, wish I brought my buddy who has a galaxy ultra. All my regular people with cameras and drone were out for holiday so I just took off in my truck.
Yes, I should have brought something to stabilize the camera. Yes, I could have just uploaded without sound, but there's a mute button.
Also, just down stream we have a trail cam pointed at the point where us Esketemc (First Nations from BC interior) fish taking a timelapse with 1 pic per minute. You can see it rise about... I don't know, 15 feet? I will upload this one soon.
But, I'm glad I got to see it, once in a life time thing and I got most of it on my phone. Thanks for all the kind words!
All Comments (21)
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You can see by the landscape that slides have happened here throughout the millennia. The river continues on. Nature has her way in all things.
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This person deserves a medal. Only one actually worth watching.
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Somebody get this man a beer a chair and a tripod.
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It's cool how the logs forced clear water into the Fraser
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Forget the tripod, forget everything you WISH you had brought. YOU WERE THERE! You got the footage! Your friends that were not available wish they had been there with you.
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Even without the tripod and the mic muffler, that was good footage.
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“Wish I brought my tripod!” 😂 Thanks for documenting this. Nice work!
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Thank you for sharing this video. Not a lot of image of this event. This is one of the better videos
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They call the Fraser, “The muddy Fraser” i think today, it became muddier! Great footage! It was the perfect place to see how it was affected by the flood of the Chilcotin River!
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Great footage. Thanks!
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There’s several bottlenecks down the river that should be interesting to watch. The slide brought down a hellava lot of tree trunks
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Thank You for that video! Once in a lifetime... I'm in Chilliwack so I am seriously happy you caught that video.
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I sure appreciate this video. It is the best I have seen since this slide happened. Everyone is talking about all the damage and debris in the river, but I am seeing a totally different view of things. I see tons of woody debris that will provide habitat for fish, insects, and other wildlife. Charcoal and ash from the fires will provide nutrients to the water for the aquatic wildlife. There will be tremendous scouring to the river bottom that will break up compacted gravels and boulders, providing places for fish to hide and spawn. This is kind of ugly at the moment, but it's just Nature doing what Nature does. Everything will be just fine.
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You're in the right place at the right time! The only one I've ever seen that caught the start of it entering that River
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Mother Nature is incredible. Remember, We need Mother Nature. Mother Nature doesn't need us.
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Great work brother !!👏👍❤️😁❗️
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You got better footage than any of the videos I seen from helicopters
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I would think that any trout lounging in the pool at the mouth, felt it coming down from a km away. Great capture sir ! 👏👏
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Many thanks for this, great footage, thanks for sharing! This reminded me of 10 year old me damming up little creeks with rocks and then knocking the dam over, and watching the water rush away.
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Great timing! This is what we all wanted to see. Thank you for posting
