Blaze destroys controversial cabin built at Eagle Pass Fire Lookout site
Global News
The blaze is only the latest twist in the lookout's story.
A popular Shuswap, B.C., hiking destination at the center of a long-running controversy has burnt down.
It’s unclear what sparked the fire at the Eagle Pass Fire Lookout site, but the blaze creates new questions about the location’s future.
On Tuesday, Jason Reedyk and a friend hiked up to the site, high on a mountain between Sicamous and Revelstoke, only to find the cabin that had been built on the lookout’s historic stone foundation had been reduced to charred ash.
Reedyk said the pair was shocked as the structure looked normal in recent pictures of the site posted online.
“It is a loss for the hiking community,” he said.
The hikers ended up using what they could find on site to put out a remaining hot spot that was still smouldering when they arrived.
The blaze is only the latest twist in the lookout’s story.
Six years ago a group of volunteers spent hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars building a cabin on the historic foundation, but the rebuild was unauthorized and the province issued a stop work order.
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