Record drought followed by record cold have led to the spectacle of an ice field on the Fraser River near Agassiz that is drawing visitors.
Acres and acres of giant ice boulders, built up thanks to the confluence of extreme drought and extreme cold, appeared after the post-Christmas rains last week and lined the river’s banks from the narrowing in the channel at the bridge and stretched toward Hope.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.
William O’Byrne, 5, Grayson Beesley, 7, and Lewis Rempel, 7, walk across the ice chunks deposited along the banks of the Fraser River near Agassiz on Tuesday.Laurel Morgan from Surrey reaches up to get a sense of how high some of the ice chunks are along the shoreline of the Fraser River, near Agassiz, on Tuesday.“A couple of days ago, when I went across the bridge, because you have all this ice up on the bank, there was an ice fog, just along the bank,” Brayshaw said. “That was kind of pretty.
Agassiz-area residents can’t remember the last time the Fraser River had ice. But this year chunks of ice, which have floated downstream, have made the shoreline look like a mini-glacier.Seven-year-old Grayson Beesley explores on the huge ice chunks that have floated downstream on the Fraser River to the Agassiz area, making the shoreline look like a mini-glacier.This year however, a lot more of it formed.
Francey Hall from Langley and Laurel Morgan from Surrey have journeyed to the shoreline of the Fraser River, near Agassiz, to see the giant ice chunks for themselves.Area residents can’t remember the last time the Fraser River had ice. But this year chunks of ice, which have floated downstream to the Agassiz area, have made the shoreline look like a mini-glacier. Patricia McCunn from Chilliwack checks it out.
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