Summary
The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) has been approved for funding from the Union of BC Municipalities’ Community Emergency Preparedness Fund’s (CEPF) 2024 Disaster Risk Reduction-Climate Adaptation stream to install critical monitoring equipment on Q̓welq̓welústen / Mount Meager, a dormant volcano and geologically active area prone to landslides, including the largest recorded in Canada in 2010.
This grant will enable the SLRD and its partners to establish a broad monitoring and alerting system to enhance community resilience, mitigate disaster risk, and improve planning through baseline data on seismic and climatological activity.
Led by the SLRD and with support from Líl̓wat Nation, the Village of Pemberton, Pemberton Valley Dyking District (PVDD), Innergex and Simon Fraser University (SFU), the project will involve installing advanced technology such as seismometers, infrasound acoustic sensors, and day/night cameras across Q̓welq̓welústen / Mount Meager. The integrated monitoring network will track seismic activity, slope instability and weather conditions, providing critical information that will support development of real-time data analysis and eventual early warning capabilities for communities downstream.
