First Nations: Land Rights and Environmentalism in British Columbia

Created by a Research Fellow at the Institute for the History of Science at the University of Goettingen, this website provides information on the Sinixt Nation, people who were displaced by Treaty projects. Screenshot taken 14 March 2010.

Libby Dam

Color photograph shows Libby Dam under construction, circa 1971.

Land Grab: One Man Versus the Authority

“In the wake of one of the worst sell-outs in Canadian history – the signing of the Columbia River Treaty in Washington in 1961 – a British Columbia farmer, Oliver Buerge, found himself in a head-on confrontation with a giant...

Kinbasket Reservoir 2008

Photograph of Kinbasket Lake, also known as Kinbasket Reservoir, taken in 2008.

Kinbasket May 2009

Kinbasket Lake June 1962

Photograph of Kinbasket Lake in June 1962. The Lake was greatly expanded after the construction of Mica Dam.

Kilowatts Across the Border

Series of notes by Bonneville Power Administrator Charles Luce introducing the Treaty. May have been published as a series or read on the radio or television. Document includes four notes: an introduction to the Treaty; issues finding an American purchaser...

Keenleyside Dam Power House

Keenleyside Dam and Arrow Lakes Generating Station

Color photograph shows the 185-MW Arrow Lakes Generating Station (lower right) at the Hugh Keenleyside Dam. The station began to produce power in November 2001 and entered commercial operation in February 2002. Photo taken in July 2002. Digital version originally...

Keenleyside Dam

Color photograph of Keenleyside Dam. Date unknown. Digital version originally obtained from the Bonneville Power Administration.

2008 Columbia Basin Fish Accords Memorandum of Agreement between the Three Treaty Tribes and FCRPS Action Agencies

This memorandum of agreement clarifies responsibilities between the Umatilla, Warm Springs, and Yakama Tribes, and Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. “This Agreement addresses direct and indirect effects of construction, inundation, operation...

Abundance and Production of Zooplankton and Kokanee Salmon (oncorhynchus nerka) in Kootenay Lake, British Columbia During Artificial Fertilization

Written as a dissertation for a PhD in Zoology at the University of British Columbia. “Experimental fertilization was conducted on Kootenay Lake, B.C. from 1992 to 1997 to compensate for nutrients lost behind hydroelectric dams upstream of the lake. Declining...