Selkirk Natural Resource District road safety information

Last updated on December 6, 2024

Road notices and warnings

Conkle-Johnston FSR 0161.01 (July 11, 2024)
5.0km – 19.0km. Expect short delays for culvert replacement and road maintenance work. Duration: Thursday July 11, 2024, to Friday July 26, 2024. Monday to Friday from 5:00am to 5:00pm

Road closures and restrictions

Blaeberry FSR 7507.01 (historic – date unknown)
Road closed at 5.4 km due to Bridge Removal. No repair date. Alternate access to Thompson Falls via Thompson Falls FSR (7507.02)

Blazed Creek 9178.01 (July 20, 2020)
Road closed from 0.8 to 3.5 km indefinitely. Bypass via the Bluebird operational road on opposite side of valley.

Burrell – McFarlane Creek 0099.03 (June 19, 2018)
Road closed at 2.5 km due to culvert wash out. No planned repair date.

Burrell – Tenderloin FSR 0099.02 (June 15, 2021)
Road closed at 6.9 km due to culvert washout. Road has been barricaded. No planned repair date.

Goose Creek FSR 6288.01 (August 26, 2019)
Road closed at 6.7 (user) km due to down rated structure. No planned repair date.

Halfway River North FSR 0176.01 (June 1, 2017)
Road closed at 4.5 km due to washout. Road has been barricaded. No planned repair date.

Healy Creek 7051.01 (July 20, 2020)
Road closed at 0.0 km due to down rated structure. ATV access only. No planned repair date.

Idaho Lookout FSR 3108.01 (June 1, 2020)
Road closed at 1.5 km due to fill slope failures and culvert washout. Has been barricaded. No planned repair date.

Incomappleux River FSR 3397.01 (2024)
Road is closed (gated and barricaded) at 0.0 km due to public safety risk, including down rated structures and rock fall hazard. Deactivation planning is underway.

Powder Creek FSR 7475.01 (June 15, 2021)
Road closed at 12.3km due to damaged bridge (N7-137). No planned repair date.

Rendell Creek FSR 9267.01 (June 15, 2021)
Road closed at 9.0 km due to culvert washout. Road has been barricaded. No planned repair date.

Tangiers River FSR 6139.01 (October 2020)
Road closed at 0.0 km. Has been deactivated.

Wilson Creek West 0035.02. (2015)
Road closed at 6.0 km since 2015. Fill slope failure. ATV access only. Has been barricaded. No planned repair date.

Wilson - Hicks FSR 0035.04 (July 9, 2020)
Road closed at 18.0 (user) km due to cut slope failure and rocks on road. ATV access only. No planned repair date.

Upcoming works

Incomappleux FSR 3397 (December 4, 2024)
The Incomappleux FSR is closed due to risk to public safety. Plans are underway to deactivate the Forest Service Road. Draft prescriptions have been developed for Branches 01, 03 and 04, with the work tentatively scheduled to start in the summer of 2025. A map of the planned work and deactivation prescription can be reviewed:

Public can provide comments for review on the planned work by email to FOR.SelkirkDistrictOffice@gov.bc.ca until February 15, 2025.

Idaho Lookout FSR 3108.01 (December 4, 2024)
The Idaho Lookout FSR has been closed since June of 2020 due to fill slope failures and culvert washouts. The Selkirk District is currently doing engagement on options that are being considered to reestablish access to Idaho Lookout. The options were developed in conjunction with the Ministry of Forests Engineering Branch, along with input from the Selkirk Resource District Engineering department. Ground truthing and feasibility studies have been completed over the last couple of years to identify the most reasonable options to reestablish access to Idaho Lookout. View the map (PDF, 810KB) to better understand the location of the proposed options.

The current options are:

Option 1 – A new bridge installed that would cross Carpenter Creek 2.5 km downstream of the current Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) access to Sandon. There would be 4.3 km of new road construction before the road would connect with the current FSR at 4.5 km
Option 2 – A new bridge installed crossing Carpenter Creek, and the road would connect with the MoTI access road to Sandon approximately 100 m from Highway 31A. There would be ten kilometres of new road, including fourteen switchbacks before the road would reconnect with the existing FSR
Option 3 – This would be the same new bridge as Option 4, and there would be 8.7 km of new road built with fifteen switchbacks and four gulley crossings, before reconnecting with the existing FSR
Option 4 - Repair the FSR in its current location where is has failed. This would also require private land acquisition that the road is currently in trespass on
Option 5 - Close and discontinue the FSR. This would require full road deactivation to the end of the FSR and Idaho Lookout would no longer be accessible

Public can provide comments for review on the planned work by email to FOR.SelkirkDistrictOffice@gov.bc.ca until February 15, 2025

Large district maps

Note: this map can be slow to load due to size

Resource District Engineering Technician Zone Map (PDF, 16.3 MB)

Contact information

Please report any road safety issues to the Selkirk Natural Resource District office

Office
250-825-1100

Fax
250-825-9657

Email
FOR.SelkirkDistrictOffice@gov.bc.ca

Street

1907 Ridgewood Road, Nelson, B.C., V1L 6K1

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