Wilderness and waterpower : how Banff National Park became a hydroelectric storage reservoir / Christopher Armstrong and H.V. Nelles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armstrong, Christopher, 1942- author.

Nelles, H. V., author.

Series:

Energy, ecology, and the environment series ; no. 5.

Energy, ecology, and the environment series, 1919-7144 ; no. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-power--Alberta--Banff National Park--History.

Water-power.

Electric power consumption.

History.

Wilderness areas--Economic aspects.

Wilderness areas.

Reservoirs.

Bow River (Alta.)--Power utilization--History.

Bow River (Alta.).

Reservoirs--Alberta--Banff National Park--History.

Wilderness areas--Economic aspects--Alberta--History.

Electric power consumption--Alberta--History.

Alberta.

Alberta--Banff National Park.

Alberta--Bow River.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 267 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada : University of Calgary Press, [2013]

Summary:

Wilderness and Waterpower: How Banff National Park Became a Hydroelectric Storage Reservoir explores how the need for electricity at the turn of the century affected and shaped Banff National Park. Today's conservationists and energy researchers will find much to think about in this tale of Alberta's early need for electricity, entrepreneurial greed, debates over aboriginal ownership of the river, moving park boundaries to accommodate hydro-electric initiatives, the importance of water for tourism, rural electrification, and the ultimate diversion to coal-produced electricity. It is also a lively national story, involving the irrepressible and impetuous Max Aitkin (later Lord Beaverbook), R.B. Bennett (local legal advisor and later prime minister), and a series of local politicians and bureaucrats whose contributions confuse and conflate issues along the way.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Armstrong, Christopher, 1942- Wilderness and waterpower.

ISBN:

9781552386347

1552386341

OCLC:

824499562