Minnewanka Redux

History takes unexpected turns. It never seems to proceed in linear fashion. With the transfer of natural resources to the Province of Alberta and the carving of the Spray Lakes out of Banff National Park in 1930, one might reasonably expect that having been long postponed, the muchneeded hydroelect...

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Published inWilderness and Waterpower pp. 119 - 131
Main Authors Armstrong, Christopher, Nelles, H. V
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Canada University of Calgary Press 2013
Subjects
Environmental economics
History of other lands
History of the Americas
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Summary:History takes unexpected turns. It never seems to proceed in linear fashion. With the transfer of natural resources to the Province of Alberta and the carving of the Spray Lakes out of Banff National Park in 1930, one might reasonably expect that having been long postponed, the muchneeded hydroelectric project would immediately go forward. Not so. The fateful date hints at only part of the story. While Albertans had waited during most of the 1920s for politicians in Ottawa to make up their minds about the Spray Lakes, Ottawa had waited for the political leaders of Alberta to decide whether
ISBN:1552386341
9781552386347
DOI:10.1515/9781552386361-008