The floating McDonald’s restaurant that was once the jewel of Expo ’86 is now floating on its side, sinking into the Fraser River in Maple Ridge.

It’s a McBarge blockade.

John “Archie” Anjo wants to expand his business to the Maple Ridge waterfront, but the once-proud floating junk food palace is now just junk.

“As it sits there now, it’s holding up good quality affordable housing,” Anjo told Global News.

His company, Dwelltech Industries, builds small modular homes that can be shipped just about anywhere.

The Maple Ridge yard where they are built is at capacity, so Anjo had the idea to build a floating factory as it is cheaper than buying land, and easier to ship projects to remote communities.

The problem is that the McBarge is partially sunk at the spot where they need to put th

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