Tour of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam
SHAW TV toured one of the largest hydro-electric projects in the world in the W.A.C Bennett Dam. Constructed in the 1960's, the W.A.C Bennett Dam provides nearly a quarter of the province's electricity.
WAC Bennett Dam Construction
This footage was recorded by the Armitage & Coutts families during the 1960's.
Interesting note, Mr. Robert Coutts was working at the dam on Good Friday, 1964 and remembers the tremor that hit the area.
To my knowledge, no damage was done to the construction site during this event.
The 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AST on Good Friday, March 27. Across south-central Alaska, ground fissures, collapsing structures, and tsunamis resulting from the earthquake caused about 139 deaths
Lasting four minutes and thirty-eight seconds, the magnitude 9.2 megathrust earthquake was the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history, and the second most powerful earthquake recorded in world history. 600 miles of fault ruptured at once, and moved up to 60 feet (about 500 years of stress buildup).
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My Home Town by Drone - Hudsons Hope BC Canada
Nestled near the Rookie mountains, deep inside British Columbia's north east interior sits a lil red neck village called Hudsons Hope. This is where I grew up half my life and cant wait to get out of it soon lol
Equipment List
BC HYDRO 2015
BC HYDRO's WAC BENNETT DAM - Visitor's Center in Hudson's Hope
Site C Construction
An animated video provides a conceptual look at how the Site C Clean Energy Project will be constructed. For more information, visit bchydro.com/sitec.
Evacuation Order for Hudson's Hope
Elsewhere in the Prince George Fire Centre, an evacuation order has been issued for the entire district of Hudson's Hope as a result of the Mount McAllister wildfire, which grew significantly overnight. Officials have been going to each home and business to deliver the order and instruct safe routes to the nearest reception area. An evacuation order is also in place for Tedechuk Lake due to a wildfire there.
Long drive to hudson hope
beautiful nature
Clearing the Peace
Date produced: 1970
Description: An historical look at the engineering program's clearing of the Peace River dam pondage area under what is now Williston Lake.
This production is one of a collection of historical films and videos that were digitized as part of the celebration of the centenary of the BC Forest Service in 2012. Digitization was done through a grant from the UBC Ike Barber Learning Centre and funding from the BC Forest Service Centenary Society.
This production is presented by the BC Forest Service for educational and historical reference purposes only. It represents the public policies, activities, technology and understanding of natural resource management at the date it was produced. It is hoped that by sharing these historical perspectives we can better understand the evolution in technology and knowledge that the BC Forest Service has experienced since 1912.
Tucker Green - Neighbour to Neighbour tour: Creston
Here we are in Creston, BC, giving you a tour of the town while you listen to the soothing sounds of Creston Community Radio. For more information about the tour, please visit
Seven Mile Dam
BC Hydro's Seven Mile Dam on the Pend d'Oreille River located just of Trail, BC.
theBreakerVision presents: Site C picture show
BC Hydro censored all the cost and scheduling information from a September 2017 report that it finally released in March 2018. But it is chock full of colour photographs of the controversial $10.7 billion Site C dam project.
Vancouver airport from river road Richmond
Vancouver airport from river road Richmond
Alaska Highway Detour - Dinosaurs, Dams, Chainsaw Carvings, and Future Flooding | GO NORTH EP. 7
Alaska Highway Detour - Dinosaurs, Dams, Chetwynd Chainsaw Carvings, and Future Flooding | GO NORTH EP. 7
When traveling without set schedules we highly recommend taking detours to out of the way places when you can. This section of our journey was just that, a large detour to check out some small towns that we would not have normally made it to. It turned out these places were amazing and each had something special. Tumbler Ridge BC was our first stop and we were surprised to find a community offering tons of outdoor recreation. There was an immense amount of hiking, biking, off roading, skiing and more that we would love to come back someday to check out. What we did have time for was a stop at their dinosaur discovery center and to go find some dinosaur footprints nearby as they are a hotspot for dinosaur discoveries and are the center of an international Geopark. Next on the drive was Chetwynd, which surprised us as they were known for being the chainsaw capital of the world with amazing carvings everywhere! This town is worth a stop for sure to spend some time marveling at these amazing pieces of art. Lastly on our detour we stopped by the Hudson's Hope and took a tour of the WAC Bennett dam. This area is located on the peace river and generates a lot of British Columbia's power. We also learned about the site C project that will flood the last remaining peace river valley. Overall this detour was very neat and we would recommend these towns to anyone with a sense of adventure looking for an out of the way spot to check out!
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BC Public Service Net From Bull Head Mountain
From atop Bull Head mountain near WAC Bennett dam, trying to call into the BCPSN.
This is was propagation is like during the middle of the summer up north.
Welcome to Beauharnois generating station, exceptional since 1932.
Hydro-Québec and its guides are ready to welcome you to Beauharnois generating station. Come admire its Art Deco architecture, explore the new interpretation center and discover the rich history of this exceptional facility nestled in beautiful surroundings. Welcome to Hydro-Québec.
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Bamfield
A walk along the boardwalk in Bamfield BC, Canada
British Columbia
British Columbia i/ˌbrɪtɪʃ kəˈlʌmbiə/, also commonly referred to by its initials BC or B.C., is a province located on the West Coast of Canada. British Columbia is also a component of the Pacific Northwest, along with the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858, reflecting its origins as the British remainder of the Columbia District of the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada. Its Latin motto is Splendor sine occasu .
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British Columbia | Wikipedia audio article
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British Columbia (BC; French: Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. With an estimated population of 4.817 million as of 2017, it is Canada's third-most populous province.
The first British settlement in the area was Fort Victoria, established in 1843, which gave rise to the City of Victoria, at first the capital of the separate Colony of Vancouver Island. Subsequently, on the mainland, the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) was founded by Richard Clement Moody and the Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment, in response to the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. Moody was Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for the Colony and the first Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia: he was hand-picked by the Colonial Office in London to transform British Columbia into the British Empire's bulwark in the farthest west, and to found a second England on the shores of the Pacific. Moody selected the site for and founded the original capital of British Columbia, New Westminster, established the Cariboo Road and Stanley Park, and designed the first version of the Coat of arms of British Columbia. Port Moody is named after him.In 1866, Vancouver Island became part of the colony of British Columbia, and Victoria became the united colony's capital. In 1871, British Columbia became the sixth province of Canada. Its Latin motto is Splendor sine occasu (Splendour without Diminishment).
The capital of British Columbia remains Victoria, the fifteenth-largest metropolitan region in Canada, named for the Queen who created the original European colonies. The largest city is Vancouver, the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada, the largest in Western Canada, and the second-largest in the Pacific Northwest. In October 2013, British Columbia had an estimated population of 4,606,371 (about 2.5 million of whom were in Greater Vancouver). The province is currently governed by the British Columbia New Democratic Party in a minority government supported by the Green Party of British Columbia, led by John Horgan, who became premier as a result of a no-confidence motion on June 29, 2017.
British Columbia evolved from British possessions that were established in what is now British Columbia by 1871. First Nations, the original inhabitants of the land, have a history of at least 10,000 years in the area. Today there are few treaties and the question of Aboriginal Title, long ignored, has become a legal and political question of frequent debate as a result of recent court actions. Notably, the Tsilhqot'in Nation has established Aboriginal title to a portion of their territory, as a result of the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision (William [Tsilhqot'in Nation] v. British Columbia).
Manhattan Engineering District | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:32 1 Origins
00:07:49 2 Feasibility
00:07:58 2.1 Proposals
00:10:09 2.2 Bomb design concepts
00:13:49 3 Organization
00:13:58 3.1 Manhattan District
00:17:08 3.2 Military Policy Committee
00:20:26 3.3 Collaboration with the United Kingdom
00:27:38 4 Project sites
00:27:47 4.1 Oak Ridge
00:30:37 4.2 Los Alamos
00:33:48 4.3 Chicago
00:36:02 4.4 Hanford
00:39:00 4.5 Canadian sites
00:39:08 4.5.1 British Columbia
00:40:17 4.5.2 Ontario
00:41:29 4.5.3 Northwest Territories
00:41:43 4.6 Heavy water sites
00:42:59 5 Uranium
00:43:08 5.1 Ore
00:46:16 5.2 Isotope separation
00:47:05 5.2.1 Centrifuges
00:48:51 5.2.2 Electromagnetic separation
00:53:58 5.2.3 Gaseous diffusion
00:57:46 5.2.4 Thermal diffusion
01:01:26 5.3 Aggregate U-235 production
01:01:55 6 Plutonium
01:02:44 6.1 X-10 Graphite Reactor
01:04:53 6.2 Hanford reactors
01:08:32 6.3 Separation process
01:12:05 6.4 Weapon design
01:19:00 6.5 Trinity
01:23:16 7 Personnel
01:26:37 8 Secrecy
01:29:26 8.1 Censorship
01:31:29 8.2 Soviet spies
01:33:16 9 Foreign intelligence
01:36:12 10 Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
01:36:22 10.1 Preparations
01:40:02 10.2 Bombings
01:45:44 11 After the war
01:51:19 12 Cost
01:52:32 13 Legacy
01:56:15 14 Notes
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- reduce eye strain
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The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory that designed the actual bombs. The Army component of the project was designated the Manhattan District; Manhattan gradually superseded the official codename, Development of Substitute Materials, for the entire project. Along the way, the project absorbed its earlier British counterpart, Tube Alloys. The Manhattan Project began modestly in 1939, but grew to employ more than 130,000 people and cost nearly US$2 billion (about $23 billion in 2018 dollars). Over 90% of the cost was for building factories and to produce fissile material, with less than 10% for development and production of the weapons. Research and production took place at more than 30 sites across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
Two types of atomic bombs were developed concurrently during the war: a relatively simple gun-type fission weapon and a more complex implosion-type nuclear weapon. The Thin Man gun-type design proved impractical to use with plutonium, and therefore a simpler gun-type called Little Boy was developed that used uranium-235, an isotope that makes up only 0.7 percent of natural uranium. Chemically identical to the most common isotope, uranium-238, and with almost the same mass, it proved difficult to separate the two. Three methods were employed for uranium enrichment: electromagnetic, gaseous and thermal. Most of this work was performed at the Clinton Engineer Works at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
In parallel with the work on uranium was an effort to produce plutonium. After the feasibility of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor was demonstrated in Chicago at the Metallurgical Laboratory, it designed the X-10 Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge and the production reactors in Hanford, Washington, in which uranium was irradiated and transmuted into plutonium. The plutonium was then chemically separated from the uranium, using the bismuth phosphate process. The Fat Man plutonium implosion-type weapon was developed in a concerted design and development effort by the Los Alamos Laboratory.
The project was also charged with gathering intelligence on the German nuclear we ...
Fraser River, Richmond, Vancouver, BC Canada. July 2010