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?".

Statement of Responsibility

Douglas, Pauline (photographer)

Rights

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