Fraser River

Family Down the Fraser follows the Wright Family on a river rafting trip. (Family Down the Fraser/NFB)

Fraser River film from 1978 restored, released by National Film Board

Richard and Rochelle Wright, and their two sons filmed on epic river adventure in large raft

 

2022 was a bad year for mosquitoes in Fort Langley. A local association wants to ensure 2023 doesn’t see a repeat. (James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP)

Fort Langley group calls for more mosquito control

Last summer was a bad one, with a lot of the biting insects swarming the shoreline

 

Colleen MacKinnon of Fort Langley captured this recent shot of the Bedford Channel during the early morning hours. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

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  • Jan 13, 2023

 

During the recent “big freeze” in late December, Lou Fasullo had an opportunity to send a drone about 75 feet up in the air and snap some aerial shots of the partially frozen Fraser River, including sections of Brae Island and Bedford Channel. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

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  • Jan 4, 2023
During the recent “big freeze” in late December, Lou Fasullo had an opportunity to send a drone about 75 feet up in the air and snap some aerial shots of the partially frozen Fraser River, including sections of Brae Island and Bedford Channel. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
There are some days when canoeing or kayaking in the Bedford Channel is just out of the question. Fair to say the cold snap that froze much of the Fraser River leading up to Christmas created less than ideal paddling conditions, as captured by Fort Langley’s own Wout Brouwer. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

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  • Jan 3, 2023
There are some days when canoeing or kayaking in the Bedford Channel is just out of the question. Fair to say the cold snap that froze much of the Fraser River leading up to Christmas created less than ideal paddling conditions, as captured by Fort Langley’s own Wout Brouwer. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
Bedford Channel froze in the ongoing cold snap, in this photo taken on Wednesday, Dec. 21. (Wout Brouwer/Special to the Langley Advance Times)

Bedford Channel freezes at Fort Langley

Cold snap creates a sheet of ice on the Fraser River

Bedford Channel froze in the ongoing cold snap, in this photo taken on Wednesday, Dec. 21. (Wout Brouwer/Special to the Langley Advance Times)
Lisa Vandenbiggelaar recently snapped this shot at Muench Bar, a section of beach along the waterfront at Derby Reach Regional Park in North Langley. It offers an unencumbered view of the Fraser River. It’s located just east of Grants Landing and accessed by trail off Allard Crescent. Watch for the plow. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

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  • Nov 22, 2022
Lisa Vandenbiggelaar recently snapped this shot at Muench Bar, a section of beach along the waterfront at Derby Reach Regional Park in North Langley. It offers an unencumbered view of the Fraser River. It’s located just east of Grants Landing and accessed by trail off Allard Crescent. Watch for the plow. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
The 2021 floods immersed Sumas Prairie properties. (Abbotsford News file photo)

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  • Nov 19, 2022
The 2021 floods immersed Sumas Prairie properties. (Abbotsford News file photo)
Tracey Lane of Fort Langley captured this brilliant red Remembrance Day morning sunrise along the Fraser River. “No filter needed on this beautiful morning,” she noted. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

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  • Nov 17, 2022
Tracey Lane of Fort Langley captured this brilliant red Remembrance Day morning sunrise along the Fraser River. “No filter needed on this beautiful morning,” she noted. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
Near the No. 3 Road exit as seen from Highway 1 on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Build back better group urges B.C. to adopt best practices for Lower Mainland flood planning

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Near the No. 3 Road exit as seen from Highway 1 on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
Candles with messages from Shaelene Bell’s two boys were lit during her celebration of life at Sandpiper Resort on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Her death has been classified as “undetermined” by BC Coroners Service. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

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‘I’m so heartbroken for Shae. I’m disgusted with our system’ – Shaelene Bell’s mother

Candles with messages from Shaelene Bell’s two boys were lit during her celebration of life at Sandpiper Resort on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Her death has been classified as “undetermined” by BC Coroners Service. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
The annual Kwantlen First Nation First Salmon Ceremony opens fishing in the spring. A new festival on KFN’s reserve on McMillan Island on Oct. 1 will mark the fall harvest and the end of the season. (KFN/Special to the Langley Advance Times)

Salmon and Cranberry Festival comes to McMillan Island

Kwantlen First Nation launches new event with food, entertainment

The annual Kwantlen First Nation First Salmon Ceremony opens fishing in the spring. A new festival on KFN’s reserve on McMillan Island on Oct. 1 will mark the fall harvest and the end of the season. (KFN/Special to the Langley Advance Times)
Five dead sturgeons were found along the Fraser River in Haney on Sept. 10, 2022. (Sandy Atkin/Special to The News)

Large collection of sturgeon found dead along Fraser River

Local resident found 5 dead sturgeons while walking his dog on Saturday morning

Five dead sturgeons were found along the Fraser River in Haney on Sept. 10, 2022. (Sandy Atkin/Special to The News)
This 2020 file shot is of the Island 22 boat launch in Chilliwack during a bar fishing demonstration, Sept. 9, 2020. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Sockeye opening on Fraser River will see anglers flocking to Fraser Valley boat launches

‘Current status’ of the Fraser sockeye return allowed for recreational retention, DFO says

This 2020 file shot is of the Island 22 boat launch in Chilliwack during a bar fishing demonstration, Sept. 9, 2020. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress file)
RCMP cruiser. (Black Press file photo)

Body of missing B.C. fisherman found on Fraser River in Chilliwack

Dustin Williams reported missing on Aug. 7, body recovered more than 3 weeks later

RCMP cruiser. (Black Press file photo)
Spawning sockeye salmon are seen making their way up the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park near Chase, B.C. on Oct. 14, 2014. Optimism over an expected bumper season for wild British Columbia sockeye salmon has turned to distress, after a regulatory body’s estimate of returns to the Fraser River dropped by nearly half this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Concern for B.C. sockeye salmon as Fraser River return estimates drop by millions

Pre-season estimate of 9.8 million returning fish down to 5.5 million

Spawning sockeye salmon are seen making their way up the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park near Chase, B.C. on Oct. 14, 2014. Optimism over an expected bumper season for wild British Columbia sockeye salmon has turned to distress, after a regulatory body’s estimate of returns to the Fraser River dropped by nearly half this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Dorothy Mckay shares a picture of a barge being loaded along the shores of the Fraser River in North Langley. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

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  • Aug 20, 2022
Dorothy Mckay shares a picture of a barge being loaded along the shores of the Fraser River in North Langley. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
Peter Krahn describes the scope of his selective fishing technology, FishTraps, at Island 22 boat launch in Chilliwack for DFO personnel, elected officials and fishing industry reps. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

B.C. man developing less harmful way to harvest salmon selectively

Elected officials, DFO, fishing reps met at Chilliwack boat launch to see demo of new technology

Peter Krahn describes the scope of his selective fishing technology, FishTraps, at Island 22 boat launch in Chilliwack for DFO personnel, elected officials and fishing industry reps. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)
A mosquito filled up on blood July 13, 2022. (Heather Colpitts/Black Press Media)

Mosquito swarms irk visitors to Fort Langley, Fraser River’s shores

This is one of the worst years for mosquitoes in a while

A mosquito filled up on blood July 13, 2022. (Heather Colpitts/Black Press Media)
Morrow BioScience technician looks for mosquito larvae to treat in back channels of the Fraser River. (Morrow BioScience)

Late spring, high water on Fraser River ‘a perfect scenario’ for mosquito breeding

‘We understand the frustration with the current abundance of mosquitoes,’ says contractor

Morrow BioScience technician looks for mosquito larvae to treat in back channels of the Fraser River. (Morrow BioScience)
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