Canadian Coast Guard are on scene after a barge was reported sinking in the Mamquam Blind Channel in Squamish.
Mayor Patricia Heintzman told Global News there is some heavy equipment on board and an environmental assessment is in progress.
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Heintzman confirmed the barge belongs to Steven Larsen, the Squamish resident who brought derelict boats in the area before.
In the beginning of 2014, Larsen brought in a derelict freighter and a few months earlier, a tugboat that Larsen helped maintain sank off the coast of Squamish.
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