If you've been to in Maple Ridge, you'll know two things: it's a wonderful place to have a picnic and it's a .
However, the听past few days have been听far from picnic weather in Golden Ears Park, where the lake is located 鈥斕�112 millimetres听of rain fell on Friday, alone.
In advance of the storm, BC Hydro proactively released "the maximum amount of water from the Alouette Reservoir into the Alouette River and through a tunnel to the Stave Reservoir" in order to make room in听the reservoir and hopefully reduce flooding downstream.
Despite taking that action, the lake rose to a point that it hasn't reached since听the 1990s, and on Saturday it started pouring听out over its weir and into the spillway that's designed for just this type of event.
The captured the听dramatic footage of it below, which they've shared with Vancouver Is Awesome.
The operator also captured a number of photos of how the flooding has affected the day-use areas and the campsite at the north end of the lake.
If you're looking to go see the damage for yourself, don't.听The road in to the park has been closed until further notice due to water damage, which you can check out below.
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