Bonaparte Reserve (Hat Creek Project)
- Identifier
- 1.00936
- Title
- Bonaparte Reserve (Hat Creek Project)
- Scope and contents
- Item is a photograph of an camera person filming an aerial view of the Bonaparte Reserve (Hat Creek Project).
- Date
- June 1978
- Spatial Coverage
- Bonaparte Reserve (B.C.)
- Subject
- Reserves--British Columbia
- Context
- Hat Creek was being threatened at this time by a project that was intended for the area by B.C. Hydro & Power Authority who proposed that the Hat Creek coal deposit could be used to fuel generators for electric power generation. Because this large coal deposit contained high levels of sulphur and other toxic trace elements, environmentalists were concerned that even with pollution control devices, the mining would result in the drift of acid rain which would threaten the fragile ecology of the dry alkaline interior. The people of the Bonaparte Reserve who live closest to the project were concerned as well and were already being negatively impacted by having their livelihoods threatened. Since B.C. Hydro had been buying out ranching operations to secure the land for the project, half of the people on the Bonaparte Band List were forced to leave their homes to look for other employment.
- Hat Creek Project
- Physical description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 12.5 cm
- Related materials
- Related article appeared on page 43 of UBCIC News vol. 2, no. 1 (July 1979), entitled "For how long is Hat Creek on back burner?".
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UBCIC News - volume 2, number 4 (July 1979)
- Statement of Responsibility
- Douglas, Pauline (photographer)
- 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 26, 2024