Evacuation order issued for Fraser Canyon communities

BOOTHROYD (FRASER CANYON) — The Fraser Valley Regional District issued an evacuation order Thursday night, August 17 for the area of Kookapi Creek along both north and south sides of the Nahatlatch River, west of the Fraser Canyon communities of Keefers and Boothroyd.The FVRD wrote in an Alertable public safety bulletin posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, that residents in the area west of Boothroyd and Keefers in the Fraser Canyon must leave the designated area immediately due to the