Above Photo: Ice jam raise's the water in the Bulkley River at Smithers, British Columbia.
An ice jam has threaten to flood homes that are in low lying areas next to the Bulkley river in Smithers, British Columbia in the early part of January 2016. People were placed on high alert as the ice and water backed up onto peoples property.
As chunks of ice started building up on the river, this caused the water to back up, flooding some basements and property.
Above Photo: Ice jam raise's the water in the Bulkley River at Smithers, British Columbia.
There were approximately 16 or so homeowners that were placed on evacuation notice if the river continued to rise. There was some flooding on some the roads.
In Spring runoff, many of these low lying areas do flood, and flooding has been seen in years past from ice jams on the Bulkley.
Above Photo: Ice jam raise's the water in the Bulkley River at Smithers, British Columbia.
Also residents are being advised to stay away from the river as it is extremely dangerous.
Just recently water levels dropped, which was good to see for the residents in these areas, but they are certainly not out of the woods as river levels can rise with the ice jams still in place.
Above Photo: Ice jam raise's the water in the Bulkley River at Smithers, British Columbia.
The below text is from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Bulkley Valley and River.
Geography:
The 257 km long Bulkley River runs through the valley which is bounded on the west by the Hudson Bay Mountain range and on the east by the Babine Mountains.
The northern boundary of the valley is usually considered the Bulkey's confluence with the Skeena River at Hazelton, although it is sometimes placed further south near Moricetown. The valley's southern edge is at Bulkley Lake, part way between Houston and Burns Lake.
Above Photo: Ice jam raise's the water in the Bulkley River at Smithers, British Columbia.
The Bulkley, a smaller stream running through Houston and the Morice join just west of Houston. At the point of their joining they become the Bulkley, not the Morice despite the fact the Morice is larger. This was done by Poudrier, a government cartographer whom, it is rumoured, never saw the region.
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