Popular recreational area includes White Pine Beach, the Sasamat Outdoors Centre, a pedestrian floating bridge and walking trails.
“We really don’t have a need for the dam anymore,” said Ali Tejpar, manager of the Sasamat Lake dam project.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
The lake grew into a popular recreational area, containing White Pine Beach, the Sasamat Outdoors Centre, a pedestrian floating bridge and walking trails. It has contracted Stantec, an engineering company, to conduct a series of environmental impact studies for both options. Further geotechnical exploration is slated to begin in February.
There would be almost no change to the existing water levels and limited impacts on the vegetation, wildlife and fish habitats only in the immediate area of the dam footprint, according to Joel Pineu, a geotechnical engineer with Stantec.Option two would be the complete removal of the dam down to the bedrock surface, lowering the water level of Sasamat Lake by around two metres.
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