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Bugaboo Provincial Park, British Columbia (Rajeev Sharma) — More than 60 hikers and campers were dramatically airlifted to safety on Sunday after sudden flooding stranded them in the popular Bugaboo Provincial Park in the East Kootenay region.According to Columbia Valley Search and Rescue, the emergency began around 8 a.m. local time on August 17, when the Alpine Club of Canada reported unusually high creek levels near the Conrad Kain Hut, a well-known mountaineering base in the park. When rescuers arrived, they found the creek running fast, swollen with dirty water, and posing a serious threat to those attempting to trek…