Massive Crane Dredging the Fraser River 

I remember seeing that canal get pretty high some years when I was a kid..

😂 wouldn’t be dredging that deep down.

It sure was some thick looking slop, a lot of sand and silt comes down the Fraser River..

This spot is usually home to a padewheeler named Samson V and the pier for the Q to Q Ferry. The area is also back to normal now

That crane was utterly massive .. the base of it was huge, like a small building, and the arm was somewhere around 100 feet long. 🏗️ It looked like the crane lives on that barge semi permanently, and there’s a large work shed kind of structure built up at the aft end.

It was interesting to watch, one of the cables to the bucket got snagged on that piling, the crane operator tried a few tricks but couldn’t get it untangled…

It is the reason smellovision isn’t a thing :D

Not that I noticed while I was filming, it was very dark and oily looking…

They’re very busy around here…

@@quaysidebench I did some work for FRPD in the early 90's. I sand blasted and painted their dredger, the Fraser Titan(now retired) As long as the Fraser flows, FRPD will always be there doing what those people do best 👍 RIP Titan, you and the crew did good 👍 In memory of the crew member who lost his life at the Esquimalt Dry Docks💐

@@paulipuhakka8788 I’m planning on setting something up to look at the river and Mt Baker..

@@quaysidebench 👍Good to hear. Now Living in Chilliwack for many years, the views of the mountains are at my doorstep, and absolutely amazing! Cheers from the "Wack"👍(I grew up in Coquitlam, and I know the view of Baker very well 🏔️)

@@paulipuhakka8788The “Wack”, made famous by the Rob i videos ? 😂