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Upper Arrow Lake ferry disabled by sunken log

GALENA BAY – Highway 23 in the west Kootenays is closed in both directions from Galena Bay to Shelter Bay because a ferry is temporarily out of service.

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Repairs are underway to a propeller that was damaged by a submerged log on Upper Arrow Lake.

DriveBC estimates ferry service will resume at reduced levels between 6-9 p.m. Thursday.

Motorists can take an alternate route using the Needles ferry to Highway 6.

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