September 3, 2013 - Huge Landslides in Knight Inlet

When we departed Port Harvey, we were very concerned about the massive slides in Knight Inlet.  We had heard  reports from boats that had made it through that three story high log jams were blocking the entrance to Lagoon Cove, Blow Hole Narrows was completely blocked and debris was everywhere in the entire Region.  Echo Bay Resort and Lagoon Cove became inaccessible and had to close until debris can be removed.

 Here is the web site for the CBC news report:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/09/06/bc-knight-inlet-slide.html

Massive landslide rocks B.C. grizzly bear country

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Debris could affect salmon in a nearby channel where grizzlies feed. Heavy rain on a logging site after a dry summer may have triggered a massive landslide north of Campbell River this week, local guides say.

The slide happened on the southern edge of the Great Bear Rain Forest near Knight Inlet.

“We could hear an unbelievable rumbling and we didn’t know what it was, thunder or what,” said Dean Wyatt, owner of the Knight Inlet lodge.

“We woke up the next morning more than a dozen slides all at once, all in the same place.

No one was hurt, but Wyatt says there is concern how the debris could affect the salmon in the Glendale Spawning channel – the main food source for the grizzly bears in the area.