Add StudioX as a preferred source on GoogleUpdated Nov. 13 at 12:50 a.m. Pacific. If you are in Lillooet Lake Estates or Heather Jean Properties, check the evacuation alert map and be ready to leave on short notice. If an evacuation order covers your property, leave immediately and follow local directions.
The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District issued the evacuation alert at 8:30 p.m. Pacific on Nov. 12 because of the risk of debris flows, landslides and disrupted road access near McCullock Creek. Residents can check their address using the district’s map linked in the notice. For transportation assistance, call the district’s Emergency Operations Centre at 604-384-7357.
BC Hydro reports a flood-related outage affecting four customers near Highway 99, Airport Road and Rancheree Road in Pemberton. The utility estimates power will return at 10 a.m. Pacific Friday, Nov. 13. Check the BC Hydro outage notice for changes. BC Hydro also lists a flood-related outage on Upper Squamish Road affecting four customers, with no restoration estimate listed.
The Village of Pemberton has ordered people at affected properties between 1674 and 2000 Airport Road to leave because of flooding. EmergencyInfoBC reported at 2 a.m. Pacific that the Líl̓wat Nation had expanded its evacuation order from Kwetsa7 along the Lillooet River corridor to Lillooet Lake. The Nation says all areas shown under alert on its Nov. 11 maps are now under order. Check the Nation’s updated maps for the exact boundaries. If floodwater blocks your route, do not try to cross it. Move to higher ground if you can do so safely and call for assistance. Check the Airport Road order and map and the Líl̓wat Nation order and map for the exact boundaries.
The Líl̓wat Nation directs evacuees to the Úll̓us Community Complex at 82 IR #10 Road in Mount Currie. Emergency Social Services offers registration, refuge and assistance there. The Nation asks evacuees to register even if they plan to stay with friends or family. For help leaving your home, call 604-895-6115.
An evacuation alert covers the entire Village of Pemberton. The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District has expanded its alert to all properties in the Electoral Area C portion of the Pemberton Valley. EmergencyInfoBC’s 12:01 a.m. Pacific update on Nov. 12 advises people in the alert areas to stay where they are if it is safe, avoid non-essential trips and keep essentials ready. The agency warned that Pemberton Creek Bridge near One Mile Lake could overflow onto Highway 99 and cut access south toward Whistler with little warning. The evacuation orders still require people in the designated order areas to leave immediately.
At 5:03 a.m. Pacific, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District said floodwater had made sections of Highway 99 and Pemberton Meadows Road impassable. The shelter-in-place advisory remains in effect for people in alert areas who can safely stay where they are. Check DriveBC before any essential trip and follow closure signs and emergency crews’ directions. Call 911 if you are in immediate danger or need urgent help getting out.
The Village of Pemberton’s 6:30 p.m. Pacific update says river levels were falling but flood hazards remained. The village-wide evacuation alert and shelter-in-place advisory remain in effect. The reception centre at the Pemberton & District Community Centre, 7390 Cottonwood Street, closed at 9 p.m. Thursday and is scheduled to reopen at 10 a.m. Pacific Friday, Nov. 13. Emergency Support Services can be reached by phone at 1-888-800-6493 while the centre is closed.
The Village of Pemberton closed all trails at One Mile Lake Park at 7:30 a.m. Pacific on Nov. 12 because of flooding and high water. The trails are closed until further notice. Stay away from flooded areas and flowing water, and follow posted signs.
Where flood warnings are in effect
The BC River Forecast Centre lists flood warnings for the Kingcome River, the Pemberton Valley including the Lillooet River and its tributaries, and the South Coast including Howe Sound, the Sea-to-Sky corridor and the North Shore Mountains. EmergencyInfoBC advises people to stay away from fast-flowing rivers and unstable banks and to avoid driving through floodwater.
Road closures
DriveBC has extended the Highway 99 flood closure from Rancheree Road to the avalanche gates west of Lillooet. Its 7:08 p.m. Pacific bulletin lists the next update for 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13. DriveBC archived its earlier separate Lillooet Lake Road bulletin. The longer closure remains active.
DriveBC also lists Squamish Valley Road closed from the three-kilometre mark to north of Pilchuk Creek Bridge and Pemberton Meadows Road closed from Erickson Road to two kilometres south. Those two roads are also closed because of flooding. Check DriveBC for the next road update before any essential travel.
In separate bulletins, DriveBC reported single-lane alternating traffic on Highway 99 in Pemberton in a bulletin updated at 7:01 p.m. Pacific and flooding and debris along Pemberton Portage Road toward NQuatqua Mainline at 12:19 p.m. Pacific. DriveBC advises avoiding Pemberton Portage Road if possible. Follow posted closures and check DriveBC before any essential trip.
DriveBC also says the Portage Creek Bridge on Anderson Lake Road is closed after a mudslide. There is no detour at the bridge, and Highline Road between Seton Portage and D’Arcy is inaccessible. DriveBC directs travellers who need to reach D’Arcy to Pemberton Portage Road, where the separate flood and debris advisory remains active. Avoid non-essential travel. The bridge bulletin lists the next update for 9 a.m. Pacific Friday, Nov. 13.
Source: EmergencyInfoBC and the BC River Forecast Centre. Warnings issued Nov. 11, 2026. The Líl̓wat Nation order expansion and road closures were reported Nov. 12 by EmergencyInfoBC and DriveBC Open511.
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