page_title: Testalinda Creek
section_title: Disasters
hierarchical_section_title: Testalinda Creek / Disasters
caption_attribution_description: An example of the massive mudslide that hit the Canadian wine region of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia.
context_page_description: Testalinda is a historic area, school, creek, and a dam south of the Okanagan town of Oliver, British Columbia.
context_section_description: The dam at Testalinden Lake located on Mt. Kobau burst June 13, 2010 at approximately 2:15 creating a debris torrent landslide that descended about 2 kilometres to the valley below destroying at least 5 homes and farms. The dam was built in the 1930s and was in poor maintenance at the time. After a heavy rainfall the dam wasn't able to hold up the lake above and gave way. The debris blocked British Columbia Highway 97 and the creek created a new channel spilling over the highway. BC Highway 97 was cleared with the challenge of removing a home that slid onto the highway.  Testalinden Creek was later rehabilitated by returning it to its former channel, which was heavily armoured with rock.
  On August 14, 2015, lightning caused a large wildfire in the Testalinda Creek area. Strong winds quickly spread the fire, which burned  5,202 hectares.
caption: A vineyard near Oliver, BC after the June, 2010 mudslide
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