Eagle Pass Fire Lookout

• Blaze destroys controversial cabin built at Eagle Pass Fire Lookout site

  A structure fire is only the latest twist in the tale of a popular Shuswap, B.C., hiking destination at the centre of a long-running controversy.

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2022
  
• Sicamous man fined $20,000 for work fixing up Eagle Pass Fire Lookout

  While some believe the province is being too harsh, provincial officials see the unapproved construction project on Crown land as an infringement on public property.

  Canada

  May 2, 2019
  
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• Restoration work on Shuswap fire lookout won’t have to be reversed, province says

  The province said the fire lookout will be allowed to stay, but will be considered unsafe for use until follow-up assessments have been completed.

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2019
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• Lookout restored by volunteers could be removed after provincial investigation

  Last year the province issued a stop-work order preventing volunteers from putting the finishing touches on the Eagle Pass fire lookout.

  Mar 8, 2018
• Volunteer effort to reconstruct Shuswap fire lookout in limbo as province investigates

  High on a mountaintop between Revelstoke and Sicamous, the Eagle Pass fire lookout provides hikers with great views.

  Oct 9, 2017