Wilderness and Waterpower: How Banff National Park Became a Hydro-Electric Storage Reservoir

by Christopher Armstrong and H. V. Nelles

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Wilderness and Waterpower 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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1552386341

ISBN13:9781552386347

Release Date:February 2013

Publisher:University of Calgary Press

Length:286 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Business Business & Investing Environmental Policy History Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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