Remembering the Dam(n)ed: Finlay, Parsnip and Peace rivers before Williston reservoir
"Today's distant [electricity] beneficiaries do not remember the Finlay, Parsnip, and pristine Peace Rivers..."(SiteC Joint Review Panel, 2014)
Use slider/touch buttons to fade 1950 maps to compare to current landscape; also use the measure tool.
Further reading:
Site C Joint Review Panel report, 2014.
Sims. D. (2018). Dam Bennett: The impacts of the WAC Bennett Dam and Williston Lake Reservoir on the Tsek'ehne of northern British Columbia. UofA PhD
Sources:
The Finlay, Parsnip and western Peace rivers are "remembered" using clips from National Topographic Series 1:250k mapsheets:
930 Pine Pass, 1st ed. (1955) [Canada] Army Service Establishment, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys.
94B Halfway River, 2nd ed.(1954) [Canada] Army Service Establishment, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys.
94C Fort Grahame, 1st ed.(1955) [Canada] Army Service Establishment, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys.
Thanks to BradR at the University of Winnipeg Geography Library for scanning the maps and CasonT, UVicLibraries YCW Intern for (re-)georeferencing them.
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