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Posted 04 October 2015 - 02:29 PM
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Posted 04 October 2015 - 04:49 PM
^Additionally this section of creek was full of invasive trees that were starting to choke the creek which could cause flooding.
Most the trees that they cut down at the start of the current project had grown back over 15 years since the last time they were cut down and the creek dredged out. This seems like more of a long-term fix.
It still comes out from underground one more time before it hits the ocean.
Edited by todd, 04 October 2015 - 04:51 PM.
Posted 04 October 2015 - 05:11 PM
Posted 02 March 2016 - 04:03 PM
The public got its first look Tuesday at the restoration of a section of Bowker Creek that flows alongside Oak Bay High School property.
- See more at: http://www.timescolo...h.i4fGl95B.dpuf
Except if the public had been following this thread, they would have had a look back in July 2015
Posted 11 December 2018 - 04:45 PM
Thanks for the heads-up, sparky!
Bowker Creek, which originates in the District of Saanich and flows through the City of Victoria before emptying into the Salish Sea along the shores of Oak Bay, will undergo a 'daylighting' feasibility study next year. The practice of daylighting enhances urban green spaces and waterways typically in-tandem with real-estate development efforts.
$70,000 study to assess 'daylighting' opportunities for Bowker Creek watershed
https://victoria.cit...reek-watershed/
Posted 22 December 2020 - 06:27 PM
cities spend years and hundreds of thousands "daylighting" bowker creek.
it returns the favour by flooding people out.
Bowker Creek, an eight-kilometre-long freshwater creek, flows from a wetland at the University of Victoria campus south through mostly underground pipes and culverts, with the final 2.5 kilometres open in Oak Bay. It empties near Glenlyon-Norfolk school. The creek rose up the banks on Monday, threatening nearby homes, but by Tuesday it had receded.
https://www.timescol...oria-1.24258865
Jason Morrow with Downs Construction removes soaking wet carpet liners from a home on Pacific Street in Oak Bay after flooding along Bowker Creek. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 22 December 2020 - 06:28 PM.
Posted 22 December 2020 - 09:07 PM
Pretty sure there is no Pacific Street in Oak Bay ... there's a Pacific Avenue, but it's nowhere near Bowker Creek.
The house obviously flooded, but it would be interesting to know with some accuracy where it actually was ... Although it wouldn't have had anything to do with Bowker Creek, if the house was on Pacific Avenue.
Edited by Spy Black, 22 December 2020 - 09:07 PM.
Posted 22 December 2020 - 09:37 PM
Pretty sure they haven’t daylighted any of it spent lots of money covering it up though. Not as much sewage going into it these days lot of the cross connections fixed. I had to laugh at the idea of putting fish into it: https://www.vicnews....salmon-habitat/ A few small sea bug like things do crawl up a little ways I forget what they’re called however.cities spend years and hundreds of thousands "daylighting" bowker creek.
it returns the favour by flooding people out.
Edited by todd, 22 December 2020 - 09:41 PM.
Posted 22 December 2020 - 10:39 PM
I suppose his storm drain could ultimately flow to the creek high water causing it to back up but I doubt it: https://vibrantvicto...-1444007554.pngPretty sure there is no Pacific Street in Oak Bay ... there's a Pacific Avenue, but it's nowhere near Bowker Creek.
The house obviously flooded, but it would be interesting to know with some accuracy where it actually was ... Although it wouldn't have had anything to do with Bowker Creek, if the house was on Pacific Avenue.
Edited by todd, 22 December 2020 - 10:40 PM.
Posted 22 December 2020 - 11:08 PM
Posted 22 December 2020 - 11:52 PM
Pretty sure there is no Pacific Street in Oak Bay ... there's a Pacific Avenue, but it's nowhere near Bowker Creek.
The house obviously flooded, but it would be interesting to know with some accuracy where it actually was ... Although it wouldn't have had anything to do with Bowker Creek, if the house was on Pacific Avenue.
Posted 23 December 2020 - 07:25 AM
Ahhh, that makes sense.
Confusing verbiage from the T/C.
Posted 23 December 2020 - 07:32 AM
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