Stanley Park Seawall Closed Due to Waves, Crashing Logs

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Authorities have confirmed to have partially closed the Stanley Park seawall until further notice due to high waves and crashing logs. According to the director of parks, Bill Harding, a high tide amplified by large waves from strong winds sent logs flying up onto the seawall. However, he confirmed that there haven’t been any reports of injuries so far. Consequently, it was disclosed that the crews have closed a section from English Bay to Lumberman’s Arch as a safety precaution.

Mr. Harding stated that “we’re not sure at this point whether there is damage to the seawall. Our crews aren’t even going out there because it’s a little bit too dangerous.” He added that “we saw that there was some really high water happening so we just closed it down.” In addition to that, Mr. Harding elucidated that staff checked around the seawall initially in order to make sure that no one was trapped. However, now the crew will move again once the tides goes down around 2 p.m. and assess whether there was any damage.

Whereas on the other hand, Metro Vancouver is going through some major highs and lows. Although there’s snow in the forecast for Metro Vancouver tonight, along with a warning for a wind chill as low as -20 degrees C in the Fraser Valley, Vancouver broke a record high temperature on Thursday. Environment Canada meteorologist, Doug Lundquist, speculated that the high at Vancouver airport was 14 degrees C, breaking the record of 12.8 degrees C in 1946.