Wilderness and Waterpower How Banff National Park Became a Hydroelectric Storage Reservoir

This engaging book 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 ov...

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Other Authors: Nelles, H. V. (Editor), Armstrong, Christopher (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Calgary University of Calgary Press 2013
Series:Energy, Ecology, and the Environment
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