Selkirk Natural Resource District road safety information

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• Road notices and warnings
• Road closures and restrictions
• Upcoming works
• Large district maps

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Road notices and warnings

Begbie Falls FSR 8963.01 (June 13, 2025)
Begbie Falls FSR is open to traffic. Due to logging activity, public users are advised to be cautious of logging trucks and heavy equipment on location between 0.0km and 0.4km of Begbie Falls FSR.

Hadow Creek FSR 0330.01 (June 13, 2025) - Notice of Upcoming Road Closure 
Bridge replacement N5-029 (0.0km). This replacement project will require a 3-month road closure, from July 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025 during which time no access through the work site will be available. There will be no alternate route to Hadow Creek FSR which includes access to Whiskey FSR and the Hadow Creek Recreation Site. See map (PDF, 270KB) and bridge image (PDF, 2.4MB) for further reference.

Jordan FSR 0805.01 (April 30, 2025)
Now open to the public, be advised of high industrial traffic use from 0.0 to 3.0km, use posted Resource Road Channel.

Road closures and restrictions

Akolkolex FSR 5384.01 (June 17, 2025)
Akolkolex FSR has been re-opened at 12.5km but will remain closed from 20.5km onward.  It is unknown at this time when the road will be re-opened.

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.

Goat/Kamma Creek FSR 0052.03 (June 6, 2025)
Road is closed at bridge N7-082 to all traffic at 25.5km for public safety due to deteriorated bridge deck conditions.

Goat Range Park Br FSR 7051.02 (June 13, 2025)
This FSR is located at 47km on Hwy 31, approximately 4.5km southeast of Trout Lake, and provides access into the Healy Creek watershed. Road is closed to all traffic at the 0.0 km bridge N7-266 for public safety due to deteriorated bridge deck conditions. 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.

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.

Kuskanax FSR 0042.01 (March 1 - April 21, 2025)
Road will be closed from March 1 to April 21, 2025. This FSR has a District Manager approved traffic control device (gate) at 0.4km, to support Arrow Lakes Caribou Society Maternity Penning Project.

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.

Work in progress/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:

• Incomappleux River FSR Road Deactivation Prescription Map (PDF, 6.5MB)
• Incomappleux Rd Bridge Deactivation Prescription Appendix A (PDF, 8MB)
• Frequently Asked Questions – Incomappleux Forest Service Road Deactivatio (PDF, 202KB)

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.

For location information and proposed routes, view the map  (PDF, 810KB) or download the .kml file (700KB) to open the map in Google Earth. (Visit Google Earth Help for instructions under the "Open local kml files" heading.)

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

Large district maps

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

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