A houseboat is sinking off the shores of Bear Creek Provincial Park on Okanagan Lake.

According to Burton Marine Pile Driving sales manager Mike Doiron, the houseboat had been taking on water for some time.

鈥淲e saw it sinking a couple days ago,鈥� said Doiron.

鈥淲e had one of our crews trying to see what the issue was. We thought maybe one of the bilge pumps had failed.鈥�

According to Doiron, the houseboat had been anchored in the area for 10-15 years.

Despite repeated earlier attempts by Doiron to try and reach houseboat owner Ted Ducette, he could only be reached on Thursday afternoon.

Ducette said he鈥檚 heading to the houseboat now to assess the situation.

鈥淚 heard it was sinking about 15 minutes ago,鈥� said Ducette.

鈥淚鈥檓 not feeling good.鈥�

琉璃神社 will have updates on this story as more information becomes available.

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