Cooke Creek

Why the government thinks someone intentionally blocked a culvert causing flood damage in the North Okanagan

VERNON - Plastic and wood debris found near a culvert after a devastating landslide in the North Okanagan in 2014 leads investigators to believe the flood was human caused, according to information obtained by iNFOnews.ca. Investigators with the Ministry of Forests announced in November 2015 they believed someone intentionally blocked a culvert, causing Dale Lake...

Investigators still looking for tips in Cooke Creek landslide

ENDERBY - The Ministry of Forests still doesn’t know who’s responsible for a massive landslide near Enderby last year, but it’s standing by its belief the catastrophe was human-caused. In a statement released last week, the Ministry said it believes someone tampered with a culvert, leading Dale Lake to spill its banks and send a...

Major flood hits Kingfisher community

ENDERBY - A road, a bridge, and a community’s link to the nearest city was swept away by a barrage of water and debris Friday. About 300 feet of Mabel Lake Road near the Kingfisher Interpretive Centre is gone. So is the bridge over Cook Creek. In its place is a massive debris field of...

UPDATE: Power back on and road open following Kingfisher landslide

ENDERBY – The roughly 200 people stranded by the landslide and washout on Mabel Lake Road in the Kingfisher area are no longer trapped on the east side of Cooke Creek. The road between Enderby and Mabel Lake has reopened to single lane, alternating traffic on a scheduled basis, according to a media release from...

Destruction from Kingfisher slide may hamper search for cause

VERNON – While the exact cause of the massive landslide that wiped out a section of Mabel Lake Road has yet to be pinpointed, investigators have a much better idea of what happened. On Friday, May 2, millions of gallons of water from Dale Lake swept along Cooke Creek in the Kingfisher area east of...