Public notice

Recreational dock dredging – 5345 Indian River Drive

September 3, 2025 – As part of its Project and Environmental Review process, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority must determine whether the proposed Recreational dock dredging, located at 5345 Indian River Drive, North Vancouver, are likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. 


To help inform this determination and a decision on whether or not to approve the proposed project, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is inviting comments from the public respecting that determination. All comments received will be considered public and may be posted online.  For more information, individuals should consult the Privacy Notice on the Registry website. In addition, your contact information may be shared with third parties, e.g., the tenant, other relevant agencies, to help respond to your questions and inform possible mitigations.


Written comments must be submitted by October 2, 2025 to:
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority
Project and Environmental Review
100 The Pointe, 999 Canada Place
Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6C 3T4 
per@portvancouver.com

The proposed project 

The project includes dredging of up to 2-metres of accumulated sediment around a recreational dock at the above noted property to prevent structural damage. The sediment accumulated during a late-2024 weather event which caused debris to flow down an adjacent stream and fill in the area around the project site's recreational dock.

The works include mobilizing a long-reach excavator to the foreshore, digging along the impacted side of the dock, and removing up to 1,000-cubic metres of sediment. The sediment would be placed upland, off port jurisdiction, for reuse in landscaping or upland disposal pending approval from the District of North Vancouver.

An Environmental Monitor will be on site during the works to ensure no impacts to fish or marine mammals, and to conduct turbidity monitoring of the exclusion zone. Sediment controls will be in place if deemed necessary.

The excavator will be upland in the dry, and works will take place during low tide only. No other in-water works are proposed, and no works related to the recreational dock are included in this application. The proposed project will take place within the least-risk fisheries window of August 16 - February 28 and will take 2-5 days to complete.