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One year later: Looking back on the storm that broke the White Rock Pier

One year later, the 105 year-old structure is complete again, but fundraising continues

It’s a day White Rock residents – and frequent visitors from other communities – won’t soon forget.

On Dec. 20, 2018, as the city was buffeted by a violent storm, spectators looked on in disbelief as high waves and fierce winds drove moored boats and a loose section of marina wharf into the city’s iconic pier, a fixture on the waterfront since 1914.

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