Dams--British Columbia

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British Columbia today

The item is a composite print of a promotional film made in 1976. The film follows a group of American investors as they take a brief trip around B.C. to examine the province's economic opportunities and potential, its resources and markets. The province's major industries (forest products, mining/smelting, fishing/canning, agriculture) are discussed, and the importance to industry of B.C. Hydro's electrical energy resources is highlighted. Includes sequences on Vancouver, shipping facilities, B.C. Ferries, Victoria and area, Bennett Dam, Site One, Mica Dam project construction, Kootenay Canal, Hat Creek coal deposits and exploration, export/trade with the Pacific Rim, and Roberts Bank coal port.

Hydro in action

The item is a print of a promotional film from 1974, apparently produced for continuous screenings in a B.C. Hydro display at the Pacific National Exhibition. It contains an overview of BC Hydro efforts to meet the growing demand for electrical power. Includes footage of: construction at the Peace River project and Mica dam powerhouse; public beaches on Arrow reservoir; ecological projects such as Creston wildfowl sanctuary and Meadow Creek spawning channel; overland and undersea transmission lines; Kootenay Canal dam site and Burrard Thermal station. Much of the same footage appears in "Power and People".

Peace River dam inspection

The item is a reel of unedited film footage. Shows construction scenes at Portage Mountain Dam on the Peace River. Highways Minister Phil Gaglardi visits the site.

Peace River progress

The item is a composite print of an industrial film, made in 1964-1964. It is the second in a series of films on the Peace River development at Portage Mountain; shows the complex operations required to divert the Peace River and leave the river bed dry for preparation of the dam site; includes excavation and reinforcing of tunnels for the diversion.

Power in the Peace

The item consists of a release print of an industrial film from 1963. It show the initial steps in the Peace River project. Includes: overview and surveying of proposed Portage Mountain dam; aerial views of dam site and local communities; creation of three tunnels to divert the Peace River and expose the river bed for dam site preparation.

Prophecy of the Peace : [short version]

The item is a release print of an industrial film, made in 1964-1965. It show the continuing construction of Portage Mountain dam on the Peace River. Includes: re-enactments of the region's history (Indigenous people, Alexander Mackenzie's journeys, fur trade & homesteading); local farming; dam construction; the 5-mile conveyor built to carry earth fill to build the dam; activities in and around Prince George; the Endako Mine; etc.

Site One project in the canyon of the Peace : its effects on the environment, people and power

The item is a print of an industrial film from 1974. It examines the proposed development of the Site One power project on the Peace River, 14 miles downstream from the W.A.C. Bennett Dam. The film profiles the growing energy demand which necessitates the project, and examines the engineering details, environmental effects, social impact, and land use and recreational considerations of the plan.

Utilities regulation files and staff reports of the Public Utilities Commission (1929-1972)

  • GR-1390
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  • 1929 - 1979

This series contains tuilities regulation files and staff reports of the Public Utilities Commission (1929-1972) pertaining to the regulation of private and municipal gas, water, and electric utilities pursuant to the Public Utilities Act. Includes petroleum regulation subject files of the B.C. Energy Commission, Westcoast Transmission Company's rate hearings and pipeline applications (1977-1979), Kitimat pipeline application (1976), records relating to natural gas pipeline applications (1959-1968) and to water power development projects on the Columbia and Peace Rivers (1953-1963), and records of the Puntledge River inquiry (1962).

British Columbia. Public Utilities Commission

Webster! : 1987-02-11

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack starts the show with Federal NDP Leader Ed Broadbent. They discuss the implosion of the Conservatives; patronage; the Wolfe affair; tax reform; unemployment; cod fishing; the Bissonette case. Then a story about the proposed Site C dam; in the studio Jack speaks with Adrienne Peacock of the Peace Valley Environmental Association and Calvin Sandborn of the Westcoast Environmental Law Association. They discuss conservation of energy; modernization of businesses; poor estimates of future power use; job creation.