In the spring of 2026, Canada is set -- finally -- to get its first dedicated and continuous volcano monitoring station. And it's going to be right in my back yard.
Mount Meager, one of
Canada's two most hazardous volcanoes and the source of Canada's largest
ever recorded landslide, is just 60km or so up the valley from where I
live in Pemberton, BC. The active volcano last erupted 2,400 years ago, and is today
spewing hot gas and sloughing rock and gravel down its slopes. It
could erupt tomorrow, or tens of thousands of years from now. For lack
of monitoring, no one knows.
The station is set to be just the first in a set
of instruments needed to establish an early warning system for
residents like our family. Read my story in the Pique:
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