of

a ‘PEA BACK POWER souvENIR EDITION

‘diet

. ‘generator, oe : ee a powerhouse cranes were required to move 430-ton rotor info position prior ft fo being instalted in generating unii No. |

ol by JOHN. C.: DAWSON in highs pent grown
F . there, rdy northern grown
B.C. Hydro. Iidusitial: Ecanomist grass and legume seeds are nineh |
“The: Big Country" tf ssaeihen An. demand across North America, ; ‘
|. big: n} ...Ht-4s ‘tHe-only part of mainland straight.north across the Plains
many ways = bibl is, big pro=|.8,C, that, overlies rich oti and gas} to’ p of th province:
Jeets and ee h j pee e, | fields, :. and ‘over $1: billion has}: E
ig ting p been’ ‘spentin: the’ past ..20-years |
e| 'on'seismic testing, drilling, gath-
- ering, , processing; . and trand-
bia to those éf us who Live.” 1 the} mitting his ‘energy wealth:-to
southern. part . of tha. province,| markets in Canada and the United :
' “Perhaps partly becatise of our], ‘States.. :
ourist Jiterature,: the-niind's-|- I
eye concept-of -B.C, “fo ~ Many. HALF F OREST “s.. | tandes. of the: might Peace River,
people seems..to be: avast! ex=! -. The ragio digo well endow= fornied “part. of ast
panse of mointains, Tush .forest| {th: timber, well over halt] bor
growth, and-sparkling. wat ar, And being: productive forest-tand —|. ¢ “gold-y
this is not far wrong; | particularly in the: foothills and| on,the Peace: gravel | bare about
. But too-often they: fe unaware northern .parts, ‘Thera are over | 50 miles downstream from there

sy
or forget that a considerable part! 80 “operating . sawmills ‘(mostiy |'and:to'protect a possible fortune |:
of the ;province’s* Jand._atea'‘ex-| small, ones) and. two. pulp “mills |. he

tends. beyolid the Rocky Mountains ; pra
and overlies ‘the Grea Plats ot|< Now: if ts. thé--site of. one of ne
‘the world’s. major hydroelectric é
. the. : power: projects,’ soured’ of elec-| exist’ at =the time; re boundary
coun. aa prior mous {rlangle| trie energy: for’ ‘the province; | ‘move’ did: not hold the: thre ;
in northeastern. British. Coluni~|-: Strangely, endugh, it'was oie of é :
bia, bounded by. tha Rocky Mowe} the: many’ add: cactldents "of his-| The gold did. wot last very long,
tains on the West, Alberta-onithe| tory. that, casued: ‘this ‘valuable| but-the border change.did ito}:
east, and the Yukon to the north,| “to: :
And.a unique part,-of the ;boundaries. af. "BHlHsh, Cohimbia,
vince if:Is tool . coh | uA planed at-a tnap’ot the | pro=
- With lat t6 rolling to poe Faptiy| vinceshows the’ BO}
and deep | cut river: valleys, tt, 4 border ‘starting at-a point on:the! ‘ ; Te Me an Cee
U.S, border: directly south’ of | |. “Th ‘geltlers tn the early
extensive grain and‘séed produc canes Tt follows-.a. peer 1900's walted in vain for. the long
tlon i= and hisbeco ct : { promised Tallway ‘from the south,

and ru areal “Alaska Highway al ees 4 ELECTRICAL ENERGY from giant Peace River power
boom of: the 1640'S: they: waited ea ee es °° project will spur. new industry in British Columbia's .
ya ety es developing 1 north. Ts x ae

cate. in British Columbia, an active province whers a

: ha eni
from’ B,C, to. aa Alberts ‘since |: hing are h PPS ng
that: was the! ‘direction’ in which ‘ vin Prince George. - “the tranipiortation: ‘cont:
munications, service and industrial hub of British Columbia’ s rich

ree new. lle mills, two'new chemical. plants. anda new .
éfil ery. Join those in business to serve the expanding forestry oe
id mining industries which are Spawning: entiré new communities a

pEet 2 OM | BOR OIL REFINERY farodueing fuil range eof  petioleuat® 7
trssmlsln Iya ices 1 na | eee ] pu . oe __ products was opened 1 officislly | in 1968.
:| River country.has become firmly: fos
tied to the reat, of tie’ pr
i IS natural gas utili
ilthe -telated: acilities required to serve”

‘main activity today, apar'
‘the Peace project, is
-Vand developm nt of

"the, “Resource for dhdustrfal |.
gion te: fi

‘possibilities

but ‘they eats, a im THIRD ‘PULP. WHEL taPrinte George atéa agatis

,_braduetia in May, "1968.

‘oitles ‘and, mrocesaine’t Indust:
foreseen over the years have not