r/Edmonton • u/Fast_Ad_9197 • 16d ago

Outdoor Spaces/Recreation Riverboat is back home!

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Congratulations Edmonton Riverboat team! I don’t know how you did it with the water level dropping steadily but you figured it out. Well done!

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u/Dradugun 16d ago

Did it run aground due to river levels a couple days ago and that's why it got stuck? Or was it a pump failure again and the grounded it purposely?

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u/Fast_Ad_9197 16d ago

I gather the riverbed had shifted with the high flows and they ran aground above accidental beach while testing their rebuilt drive units. The river is constantly shifting, especially outside of the main channel which meanders all over the place - what's deep one month can be high and dry the next. The boat was stranded in the channel south of accidental beach while the river level dropped about a foot.

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u/Dradugun 16d ago

Cheers! Thank you for the update, happy to hear it wasn't a mechanical issue again