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. (Henry Vivian), 1942- author.

Series:

Energy, ecology, and the environment series, 1919-7144 ; 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.

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

Reservoirs.

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

Wilderness areas.

Electric power consumption--Alberta--History.

Electric power consumption.

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

Bow River Watershed (Alta.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Calgary University of Calgary Press 2013

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

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

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--

Contents:

Cover

Series Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Hydropower Plants and Dams Map

Introduction

1: Water Falls

2: Power Struggle

3: Doubling Down

4: Downstream Benefits

5: Selling Scenery

6: Political Logic

7: Minnewanka Redux

8: War Measures

9: Public Power

10: Reversing Rivers

11: Leaving the Bow

12: Conclusion

Appendix

Notes

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781552386354

155238635X

9781552386361

1552386368

OCLC:

824499563

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access