Colliery Dam Park

[Volktales]

One of Nanaimo's best parks, happens to be a short walk from my house.  This park made the news a few years ago when there was a large earthquake in the Haida Gwaii area which caused some damage.  The actual "dam" in this park is not natural, and it was worried that in the event of an earthquake, the dam could break causing extensive flooding in my neighbourhood.  With that in mind, under MUCH controversy, a new secondary concrete dam and spill way was added to the park to act as a "safety valve" of sorts.  Normally the water level is below the top of this concrete structure and the spillway is dry.  But not on Sunday...





All that extensive rain on Saturday caused the lake to rise to the highest level I have seen...





The spill way usually has a trickle of water in it at the most.  Not a river!





The original spill way is still in use and the flow was very impressive!





Water was literally roaring  in this area.  Cool.  Very popular park with a large off-leash dog area as well...

[magikbus]

Does that mean the small dogs have to be leashed?
Stan

[Volktales]

Don's smallish dog, Lucy, short for Lucifer, definitely would... Goldberg would be just fine...

[Brenticon]

Upper dam is off leash, bottom dam must have.
Goldberg always has a leash on. I just don’t hold the other end very well, lol

[magikbus]

We see lots of dogs out in the bush on trails walking along carrying their own leash.
Stan

[PICTUP]

Jan 25, 2018 20:11:27 GMT -8 Volktales said:

Don's smallish dog, Lucy, short for Lucifer, definitely would... Goldberg would be just fine...

If as a puppy she hadn't been bitten by Goldberg, things may have been different...but probably not. I will never again get a dog that has any Terrier in it! Terrier is short for Terrorist...so Lucy is indeed a Border Terrorist...Collie that is...ahem...

[magikbus]

I think I see black helicopters circling over Don's house. And that's too bad because I'm only a half mile or so away from him. Probably too close for comfort.
Stan