River Excavation

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June 2020: Excavation is complete in the east end of the future central river valley. We’ve reached a depth of 7 metres / 23 feet – more than the height of two basketball hoops! We’re now smoothing out the excavation surface in this finished area.

September 2020: The excavation east of Cherry Street.  The total depth of excavation is 6-metres /19.5 feet on average, but as deep as 10-metres / 33 feet in some places.  The dark horizontal line seen across the excavation is what remains of a breakwater from the 1890s – before the Port Lands were filled in.  This photo is one of several we took to document its construction and exact location.