Action on the Columbia - 1965 BC Hydro film about the Columbia River Project
Channel: BC History
Date: 2023-03-03

The Kootenays were forever altered by the Columbia River Project.   Controlling the flow of the water in the Columbia basin meant that the Americans could produce more power from their own dams on the river.   The dams in BC would also help control the flooding of the Columbia river.

On Sept. 16, 1964, Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, B.C. Premier W.A.C. Bennett, and U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson ratified the Columbia River Treaty to guide the management of water resources of the Columbia River Basin, provide economic development and help prevent major floods. 

BC gained not only the electrical power on the dams constructed in BC, but also half of the increase in power generation in the United States - the "downstream Benefits".  The Columbia River Project remains one of the major sources of hydro power in BC.

“Action on the Columbia” was made by the information services of British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority to convey the benefits and effects of the Columbia River Treaty to the people of British Columbia. The film features aerial views of the upper Columbia River before the dams went in. 

 Film by Lew Parry of Vancouver, no other credits listed.

The Dams in BC:
1967 Duncan dam raised Duncan Lake
1968 Keenleyside dam, raised the height of the Arrow Lakes
1971 Mica dam created Kinbasket reservoir and is north of Revelstoke
1978 Kootenay Canal generating station 
1984 Revelstoke dam creating the Revelstoke reservoir

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Another version of the 
https://youtu.be/aEunAYdLo5I