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Cultus Lake Beaches Damaged By Flood | 4K | Storm Havoc Leaves Massive Debris & Costly Cleanup

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  • čas přidán 27. 11. 2021
  • 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.

Komentáře • 170

  • @MrDirtpaw
    @MrDirtpaw Před 2 lety +25

    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.

    • @adrianwapcaplet2773
      @adrianwapcaplet2773 Před 2 lety +1

      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.

    • @lindawilliams747
      @lindawilliams747 Před 2 lety +1

      @@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?

  • @foxtanker4055
    @foxtanker4055 Před 2 lety +19

    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.

  • @njcanuck
    @njcanuck Před 2 lety +9

    Are you kidding? Cleaning a beach which won't be used for 6 months is a priority when major roads are washed out?

  • @nathanbanks2354
    @nathanbanks2354 Před 2 lety +4

    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.

  • @benposixtyniner
    @benposixtyniner Před 2 lety +13

    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.

  • @MACISUS
    @MACISUS Před 2 lety +14

    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.

  • @smallstudiodesign
    @smallstudiodesign Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for the insight and coverage. Appreciate the first hand report. 🙏✨🏆✨👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼✨💖✨

  • @daviscampbell9020
    @daviscampbell9020 Před 2 lety +18

    It is not destroyed. Just under a ton of wood.

  • @pin65371
    @pin65371 Před 2 lety +29

    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

    • @atodaso1668
      @atodaso1668 Před 2 lety +1

      thats free firewood!

    • @kenshn2956
      @kenshn2956 Před 2 lety +1

      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"

    • @pin65371
      @pin65371 Před 2 lety +3

      @@kenshn2956 we need to quit relying on the government.

    • @atodaso1668
      @atodaso1668 Před 2 lety +3

      @@kenshn2956 The government is full of lazy freeloaders, they will not be helping you.

    • @ccar1332
      @ccar1332 Před 2 lety

      @@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.

  • @piquat1
    @piquat1 Před 2 lety +8

    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.

  • @Cheapers-Vac
    @Cheapers-Vac Před 2 lety +3

    Free firewood ! Free Hugelkulture Gardening fertilizer !

  • @francismay821
    @francismay821 Před 2 lety +33

    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.

    • @paulipuhakka8788
      @paulipuhakka8788 Před 2 lety

      Hopefully, all the Government camp sites at Cultus Lake will utilize all that debris for firewood.

  • @larry785
    @larry785 Před 2 lety +4

    This is not destruction. This is Mother Nature reclaiming her land.

  • @knessing7681
    @knessing7681 Před 2 lety +12

    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.

  • @hoorsec
    @hoorsec Před 2 lety +8

    If somebody with a lot of energy was smart. They would collect all that drift wood and sell it in the summer for firewood.

    • @MrJx4000
      @MrJx4000 Před 2 lety +4

      Exactly. Take it home, dry it out and use it in fireplaces or wood stoves.

  • @CB-zt6qs
    @CB-zt6qs Před 2 lety +1

    Great video sir. All that wood would be great shipped up for paths and such.

  • @paulipuhakka8788
    @paulipuhakka8788 Před 2 lety

    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)

  • @WizzardofOdds
    @WizzardofOdds Před 2 lety +13

    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.

  • @stephss
    @stephss Před 2 lety +5

    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.

  • @rosieackerman7408
    @rosieackerman7408 Před 2 lety +1

    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.

  • @ianferrier235
    @ianferrier235 Před 2 lety +3

    No words,unbelievable, thanks for sharing

  • @shanechostetler9997
    @shanechostetler9997 Před 2 lety +5

    Just part of the cycle of life!

  • @linsweet2257
    @linsweet2257 Před 2 lety +2

    oh no. I loved it there the salmon run was beautiful. I sat on that dock.

  • @Jaondevlin
    @Jaondevlin Před 2 lety +1

    Love Mother Nature.

  • @shivacastelia6468
    @shivacastelia6468 Před 2 lety +1

    It sure cleans the lake from all its logging left over.

  • @jangrahame4891
    @jangrahame4891 Před 2 lety +2

    Just think, all that wood scoured from the forest floor is no longer tinder for wildfires next year.

  • @the6ig6adwolf
    @the6ig6adwolf Před 2 lety +2

    Fun Fact: have lived in B.C. for 38 of my 41 years of life and I've never been to Cultus Lake.

    • @David_Rafuse
      @David_Rafuse Před 2 lety

      Well don't feel bad, I'm from Chilliwack and have found that Cultus Lake is relatively unknown to those outside the Fraser Valley.

  • @justwalk-travelasmrchannel7101

    Happy to see a quality video!! 👍👍 New fan here!

  • @lalani888blue
    @lalani888blue Před 2 lety +3

    Awesome video guys...Still beautiful but somewhat of a twilight zone...

  • @anotherchance1227
    @anotherchance1227 Před 2 lety +8

    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.

    • @johnmartlew5897
      @johnmartlew5897 Před 2 lety +3

      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?

  • @ccar1332
    @ccar1332 Před 2 lety +3

    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.

  • @Jaondevlin
    @Jaondevlin Před 2 lety +1

    Nothing wrong with beautiful drift wood

  • @smbmxdirt3427
    @smbmxdirt3427 Před 2 lety +2

    Great video thanks. I "wander" what teapot trail looks.

  • @aqua2012
    @aqua2012 Před 2 lety +3

    Coming from someone who puts a coat on a dog with fur like that.
    Wood on a Rocky Mountain lake beach, oh my!

    • @wandervisionYT
      @wandervisionYT  Před 2 lety

      Thanks for the comment. I’ll let the fur fly for you.

  • @dragonflytoo
    @dragonflytoo Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for posting.

  • @JanitBianic
    @JanitBianic Před 2 lety +1

    Thankyou for posting

  • @golfandhike5598
    @golfandhike5598 Před 2 lety

    All that wood. A beavers dream come true.

  • @geoffreyyoung5419
    @geoffreyyoung5419 Před 2 lety +4

    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.

  • @bludaizee24
    @bludaizee24 Před 2 lety +1

    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.

  • @wildtwindad
    @wildtwindad Před 2 lety +3

    The answer is a wood chipper. Free wood chips for everyone. And firewood too...

    • @blueman5924
      @blueman5924 Před 2 lety

      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.

  • @emmaathome2902
    @emmaathome2902 Před 2 lety +3

    Not the end of the world though is it. At least it’s just wood!

  • @darenm617
    @darenm617 Před 2 lety

    Leave all the wood till the spring, by then it'll be good and dry and ready for a nice size wood chipper. 👍

  • @islandgardener158
    @islandgardener158 Před 2 lety +3

    Just put up a sign for free firewood and it will go away

  • @masonicmachine
    @masonicmachine Před 2 lety +6

    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.

    • @wandervisionYT
      @wandervisionYT  Před 2 lety +4

      Hadn’t thought of that. Those little bastards.

    • @adrianwapcaplet2773
      @adrianwapcaplet2773 Před 2 lety

      @@wandervisionYT The real bastards are the dumbasses who released non-native fish species into the lake.

  • @nooneofconsequence3658
    @nooneofconsequence3658 Před 2 lety +1

    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.

  • @sandyb2391
    @sandyb2391 Před 2 lety +3

    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

    • @wandervisionYT
      @wandervisionYT  Před 2 lety +2

      No sunny side is fine. But similar amounts of wood on the beachfront

    • @sandyb2391
      @sandyb2391 Před 2 lety

      @@wandervisionYT ok thanks so much. keep safe n will always watch your videos. take care too

  • @CatchLightAnne
    @CatchLightAnne Před 2 lety +1

    I lived in a real cute cabin on Cultus Lake for two years and know these docks very well. Wonder how those cabins faired.

  • @melvian75
    @melvian75 Před 2 lety +4

    your dog has plenty of sticks to choose from. but seriously, wow what destruction. hopefully someone can use all that wood

  • @JoJo-iy9lv
    @JoJo-iy9lv Před 2 lety +1

    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!!!

    • @theresapantano9245
      @theresapantano9245 Před 2 lety

      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 🥵

  • @relaxingnature2617
    @relaxingnature2617 Před 2 lety +2

    Zero destruction ..just lots of wood everywhere

  • @myroncottreau3066
    @myroncottreau3066 Před 2 lety +1

    This is how the earth heals...

  • @normwhiff
    @normwhiff Před 2 lety

    Nature's cleaning service... it's not perfect, but it works.

  • @milolabrett6549
    @milolabrett6549 Před 2 lety +1

    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.

  • @XHyperlapseTravelChannel-kp2dc

    Plus 1 follower! Big 👍

  • @rosabarrett3419
    @rosabarrett3419 Před 2 lety +1

    How is Bell Acres ? We used to own the log home at 49 Neville Road. Thanks.

    • @wandervisionYT
      @wandervisionYT  Před 2 lety

      I couldn’t give you an accurate update now. It has been u see evac alert several times.

  • @barrymcockinner689
    @barrymcockinner689 Před 2 lety

    Just nature flushing out all the garbage from the non wanted visitors

  • @SilverDahliaHearts
    @SilverDahliaHearts Před 2 lety +1

    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.

  • @nononsenseBennett
    @nononsenseBennett Před 2 lety +2

    Lots of firewood for next season's campers.

  • @kevin23abc
    @kevin23abc Před 2 lety

    God bless BC Canada

  • @bobcats905
    @bobcats905 Před 2 lety

    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.

  • @lindawilliams747
    @lindawilliams747 Před 2 lety

    Is the wood debris slash from clear-cutting?

  • @halbrown7121
    @halbrown7121 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow. I'm from Alberta and was there just this summer. So sorry.

  • @snakeeyes4209
    @snakeeyes4209 Před 2 lety +2

    Harvest the wood, make bread boxes and other things. Be safe.😁

  • @MikiDoodleMom
    @MikiDoodleMom Před 2 lety

    Sharing with the groups. Thanks. Hey..I couldn't tell. Did you get footage of the main beach?

  • @justmewatching
    @justmewatching Před 2 lety +1

    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...

  • @the93vigor41
    @the93vigor41 Před 2 lety +1

    Don’t think it done yet? ☹️

  • @miaa7097
    @miaa7097 Před 2 lety +1

    How can we help?
    I wanna clean it up

  • @jcampbell2481
    @jcampbell2481 Před 2 lety +2

    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!

  • @roman2011
    @roman2011 Před 2 lety

    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.

    • @evelinholmes6401
      @evelinholmes6401 Před 2 lety +1

      That means work and not to many like working anymore 😢

  • @mrnobodyinvr9762
    @mrnobodyinvr9762 Před 2 lety +1

    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?

    • @wandervisionYT
      @wandervisionYT  Před 2 lety +1

      Check my other videos. Lots of video from up chilliwack lake road.

  • @mikep6275
    @mikep6275 Před 2 lety

    How much rain fell there holy crap

  • @rickbloudoff5121
    @rickbloudoff5121 Před 2 lety +1

    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

  • @dyannejohnson6184
    @dyannejohnson6184 Před 2 lety +1

    Cant it be chipped?

  • @PatriciaGodboutArt
    @PatriciaGodboutArt Před 2 lety +1

    It is not litter it is valuable wood. I just hope someone has the good sense, govt assistance, and where with n

  • @dougalmcfarlane7555
    @dougalmcfarlane7555 Před 2 lety +2

    Be positive FFS. Just think of all the free firewood.

    • @wandervisionYT
      @wandervisionYT  Před 2 lety

      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.

  • @TheBlazersfan22
    @TheBlazersfan22 Před 2 lety +1

    Well. I guess cultus lake got a endless supply of campfire wood.

  • @joeshannon4639
    @joeshannon4639 Před 2 lety +1

    Its called free fire wood .

  • @kevinedwards7206
    @kevinedwards7206 Před 2 lety +1

    Were is this at?
    What state?

  • @poupee9564
    @poupee9564 Před 2 lety +1

    getting to winter in such bad conditions ...

  • @karentollefsen
    @karentollefsen Před 2 lety

    Thats nature

  • @kennyw871
    @kennyw871 Před 2 lety +1

    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.

    • @herecomesthesun66
      @herecomesthesun66 Před 2 lety +1

      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.

  • @WaningGibbous
    @WaningGibbous Před 2 lety

    On the bright side, it's wood and not plastic garbage.

  • @jmac3322
    @jmac3322 Před 2 lety +1

    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

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    @yuliati1521 Před 2 lety +1

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  • @dedriepyatte5784
    @dedriepyatte5784 Před 2 lety +3

    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.

  • @user-kz8ik8cg2c
    @user-kz8ik8cg2c Před 2 lety +1

    how is Columbia valley? video please

    • @wandervisionYT
      @wandervisionYT  Před 2 lety

      I haven’t been up there yet. Will take a drive during the week.

  • @MichaelMohrshipofools
    @MichaelMohrshipofools Před 2 lety +1

    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.

  • @margaretyoung7318
    @margaretyoung7318 Před 2 lety +1

    💜

  • @averagejoe7333
    @averagejoe7333 Před 2 lety +2

    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...

  • @bchighlander1964
    @bchighlander1964 Před 2 lety +1

    It is natural.

  • @raptor4720
    @raptor4720 Před 2 lety +1

    free fire wood

  • @sararaya9928
    @sararaya9928 Před 2 lety +3

    Unfortunately this disaster will be very often in BC and surrounding areas

  • @beachbum1523
    @beachbum1523 Před 2 lety +1

    Where is Curtis Lake?

    • @wailingwarfare
      @wailingwarfare Před 2 lety +2

      Cultus lake

    • @ExtremePainGames
      @ExtremePainGames Před 2 lety +1

      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.

  • @Visceralreality
    @Visceralreality Před 2 lety

    Cedar itch has always been an issue, now it will be worse for years.

  • @nealmacdonald9896
    @nealmacdonald9896 Před 2 lety +2

    An idea of how much debris logging above the lake created.

    • @wandervisionYT
      @wandervisionYT  Před 2 lety

      No logging immediately surrounding the lake. It’s a park.

  • @skpixieskpixie3346
    @skpixieskpixie3346 Před 2 lety

    poor forrest maintenence for sure

  • @tneita3166
    @tneita3166 Před 2 lety

    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,,,,.

    • @knessing7681
      @knessing7681 Před 2 lety

      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.

    • @Bushguyrocks
      @Bushguyrocks Před 2 lety

      Fatal, huh? Lol.

  • @jefsiv
    @jefsiv Před 2 lety +1

    Prolly running out of pylons.
    I hear Dion Phaneuf is available.

  • @mechanicjobs
    @mechanicjobs Před 2 lety

    It’s just biomass.

  • @AA-dw1wg
    @AA-dw1wg Před 2 lety +2

    Yeah..beach looks fine....first world problems right....any bodies wash up?....looks fine then