High water levels at two prominent Shuswap parks have Canada Day celebration organizers feeling the heat.

Celebrations of Canada香蕉视频直播檚 150th birthday are planned in Salmon Arm at Canoe Beach and in Sicamous at the Beach Park, both of which are significantly covered with water at the moment.

It is not known when Shuswap Lake will peak, however, some predictions indicate as late as the last week of June, which could seriously hamper festivities at the two locations.

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Salmon Arm has not had an evening Canada celebration or fireworks in many years, however, due to the significance of the 150th celebrations, a new community picnic and fireworks show was planned for Canoe Beach.

The beach is closed to the public at this time due to high water.

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While the Sicamous Beach Park has not been formally closed, more than half of the park is currently underwater. This is the site of many of Sicamous香蕉视频直播� community celebration, including the longstanding and popular evening fireworks show, which draws a few thousand people to watch on land and hundreds of boats to the area to view the display.

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Rysz says the community has invested more than $10,000 in additional funds to make the fireworks show even more spectacular than usual.

Rysz stressed the need to cater to the boating community as part of the celebrations.

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Parking, he says, would be the biggest concern with the Old Town Bay site, so shuttle busses are also being considered.

For now, the district is waiting and hoping waters will recede in time.

As for Salmon Arm, Wallace Richmond says other venues are also being considered, including the baseball diamonds at Mosquito Park in Canoe. The virtual Cross-Canada theme, with stations representing each province and territory could easily be set up at another site. The fireworks, which are planned to be shot off a barge in the waters off Canoe Beach, would also be visible to the public from that location.

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