12-year Revelstoke log jam clears overnight thanks to high river flow

12-year Revelstoke log jam clears overnight thanks to high river flow

A long-standing log jam that caused nearly 12 years of blockage and public risk along one of Revelstoke’s rivers miraculously cleared itself last Thursday as water levels peaked. Box Canyon, located three kilometres up the Illecillewaet River from town, found itself in quite the jam on the night of Oct. 14, 2014, after a glacial lake flooded down a Woolsey Creek tributary and caused a surge of water and wood debris toward Revelstoke. Water flows…