{"id":160788,"date":"2025-11-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/11\/27\/rogue-restaurants-romp-creates-temporary-shuswap-shark-infestation\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:00:00","slug":"rogue-restaurants-romp-creates-temporary-shuswap-shark-infestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/11\/27\/rogue-restaurants-romp-creates-temporary-shuswap-shark-infestation\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogue restaurant&#8217;s romp creates temporary Shuswap Shark infestation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A shark was seen in the waters near Sicamous Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Shark Shack broke from its winter mooring near Old Town Bay, with a social media post reporting it near Annis Bay, on its way to Salmon Arm.<\/p>\n<p>Debbie O&rsquo;Hara posted a photo of the floating restaurant that went AWOL on Nov. 26, adding she called Shuswap Marine Freight who were on their way to retrieve the errant barge.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Helfrick, owner of the Sea Store which is always moored over winter beside the Shark Shack, reported that his unit is still &ldquo;safe and sound,&rdquo; making the iconic yellow barge the only one gone rogue.<\/p>\n<p>Salmon Arm Fire Chief Brad Shirley also heard about the boat on the float and called owner Ian Gray to report the great escape.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My wife&rsquo;s out at our cabin actually and seen it drifting by,&rdquo; he said of the sighting out by Annis Bay. &ldquo;I got a hold of his wife, and they are aware of it and are heading out that way to rescue (it).&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read <\/strong><strong>more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/saobserver.net\/2025\/11\/22\/new-troops-kick-off-the-salvation-army-kettle-campaign-in-salmon-arm\/\" target=\"_blank\">New troops kick off the Salvation Army kettle campaign in Salmon Arm<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/saobserver.net\/2025\/11\/23\/quiz-are-you-ready-for-winter-travel-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">QUIZ: Are you ready for winter travel?<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Floating Sicamous eatery breaks free from its winter moorings, floats towards Salmon Arm <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":160789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-regional-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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