Pipeline warning sign along wooded area
- Identifier
- 1.00318
- Title
- Pipeline warning sign along wooded area
- Scope and contents
- Item is a photograph of a grassy area cleared out of a forested area with a sign reading "Westcoast Transmission Danger High Pressure Gas Pipeline".
- Date
- April 1978
- Subject
- Natural gas pipelines
- Names
- Westcoast Transmission Ltd.
- Context
- This photo was taken during a UBCIC research gathering trip investigating the potential socio-economic and environmental impacts of a proposed looping project by Westcoast Transmission. Looping refers to the doubling a pipeline by laying another pipeline by laying another pipeline beside it. After consultation with local Bands, UBCIC intervened at the National Energy Board public hearing into Westcoast Transmission's application, presenting evidence of the harmful impacts.
- Westcoast Transmission Co. Pipeline "Looping Project"
- Physical description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Related materials
- Related article appeared on pages 3 and 4 of UBCIC News (May 1978).
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UBCIC News (May 1978)
- Statement of Responsibility
- Photographer unknown
- Creator
- Hoggan, Debbie
- Rights
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- Rights Holder
- Copyright held by Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
- To request permission for use or copies please contact the UBCIC Library and Archives.
- General notes
- Title based on contents of the image
- Last Modified
- August 13, 2024