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I'm not saying Canada is boring...

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How a grounded hulk is floating everyone’s boat in Vancouver

The stranded boat that broke free of its tethers has become a local celebrity – with tribute T-shirts and its own Twitter account


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It was a disaster in the making: fierce rains battered southwestern British Columbia, and residents of Vancouver watched in horror as a hulking barge broke free of its tethers and drifted perilously close to a bridge.

Instead, winds pushed it away, grounding it on a nearby beach.

More than a month later, and despite repeated efforts to dislodge it, the barge remains stuck.

But it has also emerged as an unlikely celebrity, placing it in the running for one of the most famous grounded vessels of the year – with the Suez canal grounding possibly beating it to top spot.

Earlier this week, Vancouver further elevated the barge’s prestige, temporarily naming the park where it lies stranded “Barge Chilling Beach”.

“No matter what storms life may send our way, we’ll always be here for you,” the park board wrote on Twitter, prompting residents to flock to the barge for photos of the new sign.

Vancouver Parks commissioner Stuart Mackinnon said the idea was inspired by a staff member and was a riff on an annual parks board Christmas card. He also explained that it is a homage to a park sign in Vancouver that simply reads “Dude Chilling Park”, the rogue creation of a local artist that was eventually adopted by the city and has been stolen multiple times.

“We thought that we could have some fun with this, and maybe even give a little bit of joy to the residents,” he said.

Removing the barge will require a feat of engineering that neither the coastguard, Transport Canada nor the owners have yet solved. A previous attempt to refloat the barge in early December, by taking advantage of strong tides, failed to dislodge it. Until a new solution emerges, residents will have to give up on the sprawling coastal vistas they once enjoyed.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... -vancouver
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