Public notice

Shoreline adaptation and restoration - Tsleil-Waututh Nation Reserve – Public comments invited

April 8, 2025 – The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada must determine whether the proposed Shoreline adaptation and restoration - Tsleil-Waututh Nation Reserve project, located in the upper intertidal of Burrard Inlet, fronting 3178 Alder Court, North Vancouver, BC is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. Written comments to be received by May 7, 2025

To help inform this determination, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada are 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 May 7, 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

s?lilw?ta? (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) proposes to implement an Indigenous-led climate adaptation, resilience and disaster mitigation program to strengthen the protection of Tsleil-Waututh Nation Reserve shoreline from coastal erosion and flooding. The Project involves the design and construction of nature-based shoreline protection and stabilization measures in combination with native plan revegetation and integration of Indigenous stewardship practices and technologies to help restore the habitat health and biodiversity.  

The Project consists of the following: 

• Removal of existing debris, asphalt, and concrete along the beach 

• Removal of invasive species  

• Placement of fill (clean sand, gravel) in the upper intertidal of the shoreline as beach nourishment 

• Creation of rock headlands, oyster revetments, and a habitat island to retain the new fill and protect the fill from wave energy 

• Planting riparian, coastal dune, and saltmarsh vegetation 

• Upgrading the existing canoe shed ramp 

• Installation of a footbridge over George Creek 

Project works are proposed to take place between June 2025 and May 2026. In-water work is proposed to take place during the fisheries least risk window for the Project site (August 16 – February 28).  

To the extent possible, in-water works would be carried out during the lowest tides. Therefore, tidally dependent work would be carried out at night.  

Material would most likely be delivered to the site by barge, however, there is a possibility that the material would be trucked to the site.