Homes in flood-hit neighbourhood sold at auction in High River, Alta.
HIGH RIVER, Alta. — More than two dozen homes in High River, Alta., have been auctioned off as the provincial government looked to unload some of the property it purchased as part of flood mitigation plans.
Online bidding on the 26 homes deemed salvageable had launched with opening bids of $50 each but a number of the sales surpassed the $100,000 mark.
Auction winners will need to relocate the buildings from the Beachwood Estates neighbourhood where they now sit.
The province purchased 94 homes sitting on a flood plain in the aftermath of the historic flooding that swamped Calgary and much of southern Alberta in 2013.