Summary: The Coast Guard completed the removal of the HMCS Chaleur, a decommissioned Canadian Navy minesweeper, from Little Potato Slough in the Delta after a 25-day cleanup, ending years of partial submersion in the waterway.
A Cold War relic has finally been cleared from the Delta as the Coast Guard finished removing the final section of the HMCS Chaleur, a decommissioned Canadian Navy minesweeper that sat partially submerged in Little Potato Slough for years. After nearly a month of cutting, lifting and hauling, the completion signals the end of a long-running effort to clear the waterway and reduce navigational and environmental hazards.
The operation was described as a 25-day cleanup mission that involved careful salvage work to dismantle and extract the vessel piece by piece. The final section’s removal completes a multi-year endeavor to remove hazardous debris from the slough and improve safety for boaters and wildlife in the Delta region.
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Value-added notes:
– The removal of the HMCS Chaleur represents a meaningful cleanup of a long-standing waterfront hazard, demonstrating cross-border cooperation and community commitment to restoring a safer, cleaner waterways system.
– This development may open up questions about future site use or cleanup projects in the Delta, and could spur related environmental monitoring and reporting as authorities assess any remaining remnants or long-term impacts on the slough’s ecosystem.
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