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⚠️ CLOSED | A section of the Champlain Lookout is closed due to a wall collapse.



Restoration work will begin this fall. Please exercise caution, respect working crews and equipment, and obey signage and flag persons at the site. #gatineaupark pic.twitter.com/GDpGMN50Ix — Gatineau Park (@NCC_GatPark) June 12, 2019

The unstable portion has been blocked off by steel barriers for the past several weeks because of the hazard.

A photo tweeted by the NCC Wednesday afternoon shows about 20 metres of the upper wall had collapsed into the lower lookout, which is now closed to the public. There were no injuries.

The rest of the lookout remains open and people can still find spots to admire the panoramic view westward across the Eardley Escarpment and the Ottawa River, nearly 350 metres below.

The stone wall was built in the late 1950s, Huras said. The NCC expects the work to be complete by the summer of 2020.

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Photo by Ashley Fraser / Postmedia

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