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The Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (EMCR) issued a Ministerial Order directing the Peace River Regional District (PRRD) to conduct a geotechnical assessment of the slopes above the Old Fort community. The PRRD contracted BGC Engineering on May 26, 2026, to do the assessment and has received that work. 

View BGC Engineering's Old Fort Landslides – Opinion on Imminent Risk

BGC Engineering's assessment found that landslide risk at Old Fort has returned to a level comparable to conditions following previous events in 2018 and 2020. This baseline does not mean the risk is eliminated or low. It means the situation has stabilized to a familiar baseline that has also been previously characterized within a geotechnical analysis by Tetra Tech in 2021.

Based on this, BGC concluded that the risk present does not meet the definition of imminent.

Issued on May 21, 2026, at 1200h (12:00 p.m.)

Official notice 

The Peace River Regional District (PRRD) is happy to share that the Old Fort Landslide Evacuation Order #1 has been cancelled as of May 21, 2026, at 1200h (12:00 p.m.).

• This means residents and service providers are permitted to return to the area.

As Ministry of Transportation and Transit (MOTT) has completed construction of a temporary road access surface across the landslide and has re-opened Old Fort Road as of 12:00 p.m., May 21, the community isolation of Old Fort has ended.

Evacuation Alert #2 has been issued in place of Evacuation Order #1 as a precautionary measure due to the temporary nature of the current access road surface.

The Peace River Regional District office in Fort St. John (9505 100 Street) is observing the following hours for the upcoming Canada Day week:

• Monday, June 29, 2026: 9:30am to 3:30pm
• Tuesday, June 30, 2026: 9:30am to 3:30pm
• Wednesday, July 1, 2026: Office Closed (Canada Day)
• Thursday, July 2, 2026: 9:30am to 3:30pm
• Friday, July 3, 2026: 9:30 am to 3:30pm

If you need assistance with payments outside of these hours (with the exception of the statutory holiday on July 1), please contact the Dawson Creek office at 250-784-3200 or prrd.dc@prrd.bc.ca. 

Meetings of the Peace River Regional District Board and Peace River Regional Hospital District Board will be held beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 25, 2026 at the Dawson Creek office located at 1981 Alaska Avenue in Dawson Creek, BC.

The Board will be considering its draft 2025 Statement of Financial Information (SOFI), including Financial Statements.

The latest news and initiatives from the Peace River Regional District for June 2026.

As required by Local Government Act S. 376, the Peace River Regional District Board will present the 2025 Statement of Financial Information (SOFI), including Financial Statements at its meeting scheduled for Thursday, June 25, 2026, at 10am at the PRRD office in Dawson Creek (1981 Alaska Avenue).