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No One Injured In Rock Slide On Squamish's Stawamus Chief Mountain

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 19 Apr, 2015 03:24 PM
    SQUAMISH, B.C. — There are no reported injuries following a rock slide on the Stawamus Chief Mountain in Squamish on Sunday.
     
    Emergency officials say it took place on the mountain's north peak.
     
    The nearby Sea-to-Sky Highway was not affected.
     
    A geotechnical engineering assessment has been completed on the site.
     
    The Stawamus Chief is large, granite monolith about 60 kilometres north of Vancouver that serves as a popular hiking and rock-climbing destination.

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