Tobacco Plains
- Identifier
- 1.03356
- Title
- Tobacco Plains
- Scope and contents
- Item is a photograph of land probably belonging to the Tobacco Plains community near Grassmere, British Columbia. The photograph is a snapshot of a dirt road with snow patches on it, fences and tree filled hills and mountains in the distance.
- Date
- February 1979
- Spatial Coverage
- Grasmere (B.C.)
- Names
- Alberta Natural Gas Company Ltd.
- Context
- Concerns that the area and the Tobacco Plains people would be impacted by the construction of a natural gas pipeline were expressed by the Tobacco Plains Band in the late 1970s. They were concerned about the effects of the Alberta Natural Gas pipeline since the pipeline route was planned to be in close proximity to the Tobacco Plains Reserve.
- Physical description
- 1 photograph : b&w acetate negative ; 35 mm
- Related materials
- Related article appeared on pages 26 to 28 of UBCIC News vol. 10, no. 1 (March 1979), entitled "Kootenays Define Territory".
- Statement of Responsibility
- Basil, Lillian (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 transcribed from back of photograph print
- Last Modified
- August 14, 2024
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