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Heritage Park’s venerable paddlewheeler could be beached this year to allow for flood-mitigation work on the aging Glenmore Dam, says a spokeswoman with the historic venue.

Work on the dam will require lowering the Glenmore Reservoir’s water level, possibly putting the SS Moyie out of sync with its dock, said Heritage Park’s Barb Munro.

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“If the water level is too low, we won’t be able to have the Moyie in the water because the dock will be too high,” she said of the boat that’s plied the reservoir’s waters since the mid-1960s.

“We’re aware we might not have the Moyie in the water, but we have a lot of other great things in the park.”

If the SS Moyie is sidelined, it’ll cut into Thursday evening rentals and captain’s cruises.

The attraction’s website says those captain’s cruises won’t be available this summer due to city work on the Glenmore Reservoir, but that “we hope to see you in 2019.”

Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra said a reduction of the reservoir’s water level will almost certainly be required to accommodate work that will complement the flood-mitigating capabilities of a proposed dry dam at Springbank.