Wind gusts of up to 74 km/hour in the Howe Sound downed enough tree branches to leave approximately 730 people without power during parts of Saturday.
From noon to 10pm there were several neigbhourhoods left in the dark. The largest neighbourhood to be affected was north of Oceanview, with 363 BC Hydro customers without power for nine hours.
Next hardest hit was north of Adams Road, with 275 customers affected, and after that was the Melmore Road area with 70 households without power.
Everyone had their lights back on by 10 at night.
BC Ferries was asked to see if there was anyone in or around an overturned canoe at 4:23pm. The search, which raised no alarms, delayed the sailing by 25 minutes.
The canoe might have become dislodged from the shore by the high winds and waves.
While there were other ferry cancellations, particularly between Tsawwassen and the Southern Gulf Islands, the Queen of Capilano didn’t miss a sailing.
The Bowen Island Fire Department received no 911 calls from the dispatcher but there were a few calls to the public line from people worried about trees on hydro lines.
While the rain held off for the Bowfest Parade, the high winds were partly responsible for lower attendance numbers. The water taxi, which was booked solid, had to be cancelled because of the winds which gusted up to 48 knots. A closure on the Lions Gate Bridge also dissuaded some mainlanders from joining in the fun.
