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Barge washed up on Vancouver’s Sunset Beach won’t be moved until Sunday

A crowd gathered along Vancouver's seawall to watch as a single tug struggled to pull a giant barge off the shore at high tide Tuesday. The barge ended up there during Monday’s windstorm – Nov 16, 2021

The barge washed up on Vancouver’s Sunset Beach won’t be moving until at least Sunday.

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Transport Canada said tugs will try to pull the barge off the shore during Sunday’s high tide just before 8 a.m.

The barge drifted loose in Vancouver’s English Bay on Monday afternoon as an atmospheric river drenched the southern part of the province.

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The City of Vancouver closed the Burrard Bridge Monday night “due to the risk of the barge at Sunset Beach coming loose and colliding with the bridge.”

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On Tuesday, an attempt to refloat the barge into deeper water was unsuccessful.

—With files from Elizabeth McSheffrey

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