River spurs to see needed work following high river event three years ago

River spurs to see needed work following high river event three years ago

By Serena Lapointe The eleven river spurs that jet out from the banks of the Athabasca River, along Whitecourt’sboundary, starting from Highway 43 north and continuing downriver to the Whitecourt GolfCourse, were damaged during the 1:100-year flood in 2023, which brought significantly highwaters and debris rushing down the powerful waterway. Although they were damaged in